[governance] curious note on nairobi and brussels...

Thu Jul 8 03:03:39 EDT 2010

Dear Gao thank you for sharing the speech.

Regards,

Arzak 

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 23:18:51 -0700
From: puna_gb at yahoo.com
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; azrak_khan at hotmail.com; ca at cafonso.ca
Subject: RE: [governance] curious note on nairobi and brussels...

Dear Colleagues, 

I am glad that we are recognising that Africa is not "as bad as" some people make it out to be. I am glad that people have had a great experience in Kenya, and those who are attending the World Cup in South Africa might also tell of great experiences. 

I think it is time to get up and take notice of Africa. We Have been known in the past for children with flies in their eyes and people killing each other at every chance.  That Africa is no more. More and more African countries are trying to uplift their standards of living, and making Africa a place favourable to any investor and/or tourist.

And yes there are some things we can do well, and perhaps even do better than some developed countries. 

I'd just like to share with you this speech by Thabo Mbeki a few years ago... 

"I am An African"
Have a most beautiful day!

Best regards, 

Gao Mosweu
Botswana, Africa ;-)

 On Mon, 7/5/10, Arzak Khan <azrak_khan at hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Arzak Khan <azrak_khan at hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [governance] curious note on nairobi and brussels...
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, ca at cafonso.ca
Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 2:24 PM

Dear C.A,

Like always sheer double standards.

Cheers!

Arzak 

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> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; ca at cafonso.ca
> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 12:01:16 +0200
> Subject: Re: [governance] curious note on nairobi and brussels...
> 
> Dear c.a.
> 
> Yes.. good question. Let's hope that we don't have the same paranoia
> emerge again when the IGF is being hosted in Kenya.
> 
> Anriette
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 13:22 -0300, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
> > Dear people,
> > 
> > When ICANN proposed to hold their meeting in Nairobi, there came an 
> > avalanche of reports and fears -- above all, a statement from the US 
> > government warning all of us not to go due to serious security concerns.
> > 
> > The ones who went (I was there) found a wonderful people, a nice 
> > country, we learned a lot visiting museums and other places -- above 
> > all, we were at least as safe as in our home towns.
> > 
> > Now, in Brussels, one of us had its bag forcefully stolen at the central 
> > train station. Nothing of this sort happened in Kenya. Our NCUC friend 
> > Marcelo Fernandes Costa had about Eu5,000 in equipment and money stolen 
> > in the capital of Europe. When he approached a policeman to report the 
> > robbery, the Belgian shook his shoulders as if saying "nothing new...".
> > 
> > Why didn't the US government and other "mandarins of worldwide security" 
> > warn us about the serious risks we run when in civilized Europe???
> > 
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