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Re:Coming in 2018 – New AWS Region in Sweden by nemesisj on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @09:19AM (#14032249)
Dubai. Yes, not actually in Africa, but much closer to the area and relatively stable. Also, there's plenty of activity going on in the Middle East that would justify this (I think).
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Re:Coming in 2018 – New AWS Region in Sweden by bogomipz on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @09:39AM (#14032437)
Dubai and the Arab Emirates censor and filter the internet, I don't think that would work.
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Re:Coming in 2018 – New AWS Region in Sweden by metricodus on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @09:32AM (#14032367)
That's a nonstarter because of UAE's requirements on censorship and backdoored surveillance ("lawful intercept"). They're at least on the level of China in this regard, maybe even worse.
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Re:Coming in 2018 – New AWS Region in Sweden by nemesisj on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @11:43AM (#14033872)
Data centres aren't the same thing as "the available consumer internet" but yes, I take your point. That said, if there's any country that could find a practical compromise on that front, it would be the UAE, and they're in a very natural location close to many undersea cables, etc.
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Re:Coming in 2018 – New AWS Region in Sweden by discodave on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @11:48AM (#14033933)
There are other options in the middle east, like Bahrain.
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Re:Coming in 2018 – New AWS Region in Sweden by metricodus on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @01:14PM (#14035021)
It's similarly bad:

https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2016/bahrain

https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2016/united-arab...

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Re:Coming in 2018 – New AWS Region in Sweden by stephenr on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @10:56AM (#14033279)
Aws Beijing exists
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Re:Coming in 2018 – New AWS Region in Sweden by John23832 on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @10:59AM (#14033319)
And is used only by the Chinese and Chinese serving companies... The interests of the continent of Africa are not the same as those in the UAE... nor should they be.
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