Conclusion

No doubt, every human being and unit of social structure desires to be safe

or have security. But it is also imperative to balance national security aspirations

with respect for privacy and fundamental human rights of citizens of West Africa.

And since the law courts are yet to redraw the ground rules over this important

issue, enacting freedom of information act will go a long way in dismantling the

secrecy in African governments, restoring people’s trust in official actions and

allaying fears that registering mobile telephones will make it become a tool for

oppressing political opponents and perceived enemies of the state.

Links to Related Topics

a) http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.98.9100  
b) http:www.ibimapublishing.com/journals.CIBIMA/volume3/v3n10.pdf
c) http://www.engr.mun.ca/~mhahmed/privacy.html

(d) http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-124/SP800-124.pdf

Class Links

1) https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/lestatz/web/

2) https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/savary/web/
 3) https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/knstone/web/j676_site/index.html

4) https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/mozer/web/Attention%20%26%20Video
%20Games/index.html

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