AFRICAN UNION: Nicolas Sarkozy says stand "alongside Egyptian and Tunisian peoples"

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Sunday in Addis Ababa African leaders to learn from the riots in Tunisia and Egypt to "forestall" the desire for change and renewed their populations, as patron of the G8 and G20 support the mainland.

For the first performance of a French head of state before a summit of African Union (AU), Mr.Sarkozy has taken advantage of events that stir Africa for weeks to deliver to the audience of heads of state and government of which he was the guest of honor councils "friend" of France for good governance and democracy.

Widely criticized in France for too long argued against the street ousted regime of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the President reiterated that he stood "with friendship and respect along with the Tunisians and Egyptians" , which he praised the "yearning" to change.

As in the statement released Saturday evening with British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, he also condemned "violence from whatever source, (which) is never the solution."

On the sixth day of revolt in Egypt, a report identifying Sunday more than 100 deaths and 2,000 wounded, mainly civilians, since the beginning of the contest.

But if he had requested by name Saturday to President Hosni Mubarak to make changes, Nicolas Sarkozy has used a cryptic tone Sunday to discuss the crisis in Egypt, drowned in a parable on democracy for all its African counterparts.

"France respects the sovereignty and the right of peoples to determine themselves (...) But there are values that are universal (...) all politicians must reckon with them, "he said while the AU has appointed to head the President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who has led over thirty years his country with an iron fist.

"In today's world, we can not govern like that of yesterday. This change, or it is sudden, the door is open at one time or another, to violence. Or this change, it precedes, accompanies it and then it can be accomplished smoothly (...) The peaceful, France wishes, "he told the French president.

Regaining his cap pattern of G8 and G20, Nicolas Sarkozy has been renewing its support to Africa.And first to his old claim to get a permanent seat on the Security Council of the UN.

In response to the president of its General Assembly, the Swiss Joseph Deiss, who has raised the sea serpent UN, the President has challenged the UN to achieve reform in 2011. "Do it this year, do not wait," he told him the applause, "to acknowledge billion Africans in the place they deserve and France will support you!"

To wrest support from Africa to his struggle for control of money markets or raw materials, Mr.Sarkozy also called for the establishment of the much contested tax on financial transactions, according to him only possibility to keep the aid commitments to poor countries.

"France is ready to implement innovative financing, even if other countries do not follow it," he said.

African leaders warmly welcomed the French promises. Chairman of the AU Commission Jean Ping said he "is confident that the G20 allows Africa to play its full role" and the President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika hailed Nicolas Sarkozy a "true friend of Africa ".

EGYPT: Noor, the miracle of Egyptian Web

Since Thursday night, almost full (about 90%) of the Web is hamstrung by the Egyptian authorities. But Noor, an Internet service provider (ISP), appears to have passed between the cracks. Even if the connection is erratic hosted sites, the vast majority of websites hosted by the Egyptian ISPs are always accessible.

This preferential treatment has prompted many reactions on Twitter, where users Egyptian argue that maintaining the sites hosted by Noor is a partnership between the company to the authorities in Cairo.Although it is not a public company, Noor is one of the figureheads of technological development desired by the Mubarak government and has signed many trade agreements with major economic entities.

In August 2004, in an interview published by the newspaper "Al-Mougaz" and taken over by the "newsletter" of the ISP, its founder, Basel Dalloul, welcomed the success of his group, four years after its launch: "The Egyptian government asked me five years ago to seek investment opportunities in the framework of President Mubarak of Egypt to the 'hub' of information technology."

A cog in the Egyptian economy

Oil companies Egyptian General Petroleum Company (EGPC) and ExxonMobil, among others, use the services of Noor, like the Egyptian Exchange. Although it is not the market leader among users "lambda" Noor is through these partnerships, a significant cog in the economy.

This strategic deployment, begun by the group since the early 2000s, is the brainchild of Basel Dalloul. The latter, who just resell Magnet Interactive Group after having been in ten years, a respected technology sector, decided to answer the call of the Egyptian government.His first challenge: to democratize the use of Internet in a country where the Web is still confidential and where it is estimated the total number of Internet users within 500 000.

Developed through a partnership with Telecom Egypt, Noor, founded in 2000, moved quickly to a vast majority of users access the Web Basic (dial-up), via telephone lines from the incumbent operator in Egypt.

A service that will eventually give up, because of the large number of licenses granted by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to ISPs.

Supplier of Coca-Cola, Toyota and Nestle

Beginning in 2004, while operators like Orascom, getting down to expand their services to individuals, Noor establishes partnerships with many market players in the country. It now provides internal access to the Internet to many groups based in Egypt, including Coca-Cola, Toyota, Renault, Mitsubishi, FedEx, Nestle, Bristol Myers or Lafarge.

Today, the park Egyptian Internet has grown considerably and is flirting with the 17 million users, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).And since Thursday evening, the four main providers of Internet access, Link Egypt, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone / Raya, and Etisalat Misr had their broadband networks suspended. Only a few lines "dial-up seem to escape the blackout. ADSL proposed by Noor, meanwhile, is still "online" yet.