<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441637"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441860"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441940">News and views afar yet nearby.</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441637"><span><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441637"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441866"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_442007">Blessed day!</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441637"><span><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441637"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441868"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441942">Regards/Wangari</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441637"><span><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441637"><span><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441637" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_442011"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_442010"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_442088"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_442082" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/drc-social-networks-blocked-midnight-sunday-161215154004076.html" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_442268">http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/drc-social-networks-blocked-midnight-sunday-161215154004076.html</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441637"><span><br></span></div><div style="outline: 0px; 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max-width: 100%; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0.8em !important;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441669"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441696">It gave a non-exhaustive list of platforms subject to the block that includes Skype.</i></div><div style="outline: 0px; margin-top: 0.8em; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; max-width: 100%; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0.8em !important;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441670"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481787858461_441694">"In cases where partial blocking is not possible, you are required to block access to the relevant social networks entirely," it said.</i></div><div style="outline: 0px; margin-top: 0.8em; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; 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