Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on Internet access

Re:Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on ... by osmnshkh on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @08:36AM (#7063227)

The sanctions are in place because the Sudanese government has numerous human rights violations and supported terrorist elements in the 90s, including Osama Bin Laden.

The issue is that the sanctions hurt regular people way more than the government.

The government is a dictatorship that has been in power since 1989, there are protests against the government almost every year, usually ending in a few deaths.

I'm not sure if fraud has anything to do with it, but I can see that it may be an issue.

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Re:Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on ... by Ihmahr on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @08:43AM (#7063260)

The reason that they were sympathetic to Osama Bin Laden was because he was building roads, schools and hospitals in Sudan while the rest of the world didn't give a shit.

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Re:Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on ... by darkarmani on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @08:53AM (#7063294)

Of course. You need roads so you have somewhere to detonate IED roadside bombs.

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Re:Female programmers in Sudan hindered by U.S sanctions on ... by osmnshkh on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @11:39AM (#7064279)

Find me an example of an IED roadside bomb being used in Sudan.

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