One month after Nigerian passengers were kicked off a British Airways flight for protesting against the inhumane treatment of a deportee, the outrage has not subsided, particularly on the blogosphere where there are numerous petitions and articles calling for the boycott of BA.
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Intellectualismo is among those calling for a boycott, arguing that it is in the interest of BA and the British to treat Nigerians with respect:
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[5] http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2008/04/25/top-cyber-crime-countries-in-afric/#more-306]http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2008/04/25/top-cyber-crime-countries-in-afric/#more-306</a></p> <p>David Ajao publishes excerpts from the 2007 Internet Crime Report which lists Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana as the worst offenders in Africa: </p> <p>“The verdict is out: Nigeria is still among the top ten countries from which fraudulent credit card transactions and other forms of cyber-crime originate though USA and UK lead the pack. According to WikiNews:</p> <p>‘The United Kingdom is listed second in a report on global cyber-crime statistics, behind the United States and ahead of cyber-crime “hotspots” Nigeria and Romania. The 2007 Internet Crime Report was released in April by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a joint operation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center.</p> <p>It is interesting to note that 3 sub-Saharan African countries are listed among the top ten perpetrators with Nigeria taking the lead. </p> <p>‘The 2007 Internet Crime Report cites the top ten countries by amount of perpetrators of online crime. In descending order, the top ten list includes the United States, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Canada, Romania, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Russia, and Ghana…’”</p> <p>The posting also includes a link to the complete report.</p> <p>Cry Beloved Zimbabwe<br /> <a href=
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[8] http://www.dibussi.com/2008/04/joe-la-conscien.html#more]http://www.dibussi.com/2008/04/joe-la-conscien.html#more</a></p> <p>Scribbles from the Den writes about the imprisonment of Cameroonian protest Singer “Joe La Conscience’ for campaigning against the recent constitutional amendment which scrapped presidential term limits in that country:</p> <p>“At first glance, the story of Joe La Conscience is just another personal tragedy in good old Cameroon; the tale of an individual and his family paying a heavy price for his political activism. But deep down, this is a story about Cameroon, its government, its people and its future. It is a very telling snapshot of the reigning political climate in Cameroon and a good indicator of what the Biya regime’s so-called troisième mandat will look like...</p> <p>Recent events have shown that in its bid to hang on to power at all cost, the Biya regime is, more than ever before, driven by an élan autoritaire or a dark authoritarian impulse which does not bode well for the country. </p> <p>Extremists who for years have been itching for a head-on confrontation with “the forces of change” have finally gained a solid footing within the regime and are creating a deleterious political climate reminiscent of that which prevailed in the last years of the Abacha regime in next door Nigeria; a climate characterized by the emasculation of the civil society and organized political opposition, the muzzling of the press and persecution of journalists, the militarization of political life and the increasing use of martial language in regular political discourse, the isolation of potential catalysts for popular mobilization and political reawakening particularly artists, an increasing appeal to ethnicity, etc...</p> <p>With no viable organized political force to stand up to Biya, it is now left to artists and other “lone wolfs’ to pick up the mantle for political change in Cameroon, usually with dire consequences as we have seen in the cases of Joe and Lapiro.”</p> <p>* Dibussi Tande, a writer and activist from Cameroon, produces the blog Scribbles from the Den</p> <p>* Please send comments to <a href=
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