(7. Juni 2013) Public outcry over suspicions of a new Internet monitoring plan is growing in the West African nation of Nigeria, and government officials are keeping eerily quiet. But some concerned citizens have been working to break the silence — and now the issue is about to get its day in court.

The controversy began in April when the Premium Times, a newspaper based in the capital city of Abuja, reported on a secret deal between the Nigerian government and the Israeli defense electronics firm Elbit Systems Ltd.