Submissions

WSIS +20 ,  2025 Linked in Article: (24) ICANN’s Accountability Crisis: How WSIS+20 Exposes Decades of Failed Oversight | LinkedIn

Key References

  1. What Held the Internet Together for 20 Years and Why It’s Now at Risk, ICANN//ISOC Report (ICANN Press Release, June 2025) https://www.internetsociety.org/news/press-releases/2025/what-held-the-internet-together-for-20-years-and-why-its-now-at-risk/
  2. WSIS+20: A Critical Juncture for the Internet’s Future (ICANN Blog, April 2025) https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/wsis20-a-critical-juncture-for-the-internets-future-25-04-2025-en
  3. ICANN’s .Africa IRP Final Ruling (2015) FINAL – DECLARATION ON THE IRP PROCEDURE – Approved by the ICDR
  4. ZACR-ICANN Collusion Exposé (2015) Unredacted: ICANN’s hidden role in fierce battle over .Africa rights • The Register
  5. ICANN Obtains Ruling calling for AfriNic Transparency: ICANN Obtains Successful Court Ruling, Reinforcing Call for Fair AFRINIC Board Elections, Court Requires Receiver to make a Communique to Members ( ICANN, June 2025)
  6. AFRINIC Election Suspension (2025) AFRINIC slammed for controversial board election | ITWeb
  7. Cloud Innovation Ltd Scandal (Medium, 2025) https://medium.com/@emmanuelvitus/afrinic-hope-hijack-and-the-harsh-lessons-of-african-multistakeholderism-8e8378797101
  8. No Legal Basis for IANA Transition: A Post-Mortem Analysis of Senate Committee Hearing (Circle ID 2015) https://circleid.com/posts/20150309_no_legal_basis_for_iana_transition_post_mortem_senate_hearing/%20by%20Sophia%20Bekele
  9. Bekele Testimony to US Congress: https://dotconnectafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Sophia-Bekele-Testimony-to-US-congress-on-Stakeholder-Perspectives-on-the-IANA-Transition-15th-May-20151.pdf (May 2015)
  10. Same Playbook. New Battlefield – Why I Stand With Burkina Faso’s Rev – Mirrors.Africa, IDNs (LinkedIn in, 2025 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/same-playbook-new-battlefield-why-i-stand-burkina-fasos-bekele–petac/
  11. Lindqvist’s BBC Interview (2025) https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct6znx
  12. ICANN-WIC Meeting (2025) wicinternet.org/2025-06/26/c_1103214.htm

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