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Africa is the world’s least developed continent, and most rural inhabitants
\n live without electricity or running water. But in some of its poorest
\n and most remote corners, the Internet has become a powerful weapon for
\n rebel and opposition leaders.<\/p>\n
In countries where newspapers and radio stations are routinely shut down
\n and dissidents are often jailed, the Internet is giving Africans new freedom
\n to debate political and social issues. ”The Internet is a war weapon," Aboude
\n Coulibaly, director of the New Forces rebel group in Ivory Coast, wrote
\n in a recent e-mail. In 2002, the group used its website and television
\n station to launch a mutiny that toppled the government. ”In these matters
\n of revolution, we have to be wired to win," he wrote.<\/p>\n
Now we are truly entering the Age of the Internet, in which the Web We have long held that there is nothing inherently liberating or from the Boston Globe<\/a>\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Africa is the world’s least developed continent, and most rural inhabitants live without electricity or running water. But in some of its poorest and most remote corners, the Internet has become a powerful weapon for rebel and opposition leaders. In … Continue reading
\n becomes all things to all people.Not only is it the Information Superhighway,
\n but the Soap Box, Jury Box, X Box, box office, office office, playground,
\n classroom, political arena, military staging area, battlefield, medical
\n center, church and afterlife.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n even liberal about the web. It can be used at least as efficiently
\n to promote hatred, repression and war as to foster understanding, tolerance
\n and peace. Eternal vigilance is the price of all freedom, including
\n electronic. <\/em><\/p>\n