To ensure this forum is used as expected, the following rules has been laid which every member must abide by. These rules can be altered at any time, without notice.

As you have fun with the forum. Please keep it positive and polite. We do not censor opinions or ideas on our forums but we do take action against posts and/or topics that could cause unrest in the community beyond a civil and polite disagreement.

It is expected of you to be nice to the members of this community. We ought to have a friendly and nice community here. There will be no racial, ethnic, gender based insults, use of foul language, flaming or any other personal discriminations, etc are strictly forbidden and can result in suspension or banning.

The use of more than one username on this forum is not prohibited. If you forget your username or password, please contact a staff member and they will fix it for you.

Any impersonation of a user from these forums, in any mode of communication, is strictly prohibited and will result in a banning.

This forum should not be used to relay misleading post/messages or scam messages via PM to members in other to get them conned/mislead. In this regard we are not responsible for whatever messages, posts or blog posts in this forum which may seem uncomfortable to you. We will try as much as we can to make the use of the forum safe and interesting for you.

Ensure your post is in the correct forum. Take your time to look at other topics and see where your topic should go. If your topic is placed in the wrong forum, it will be moved by a moderator. If a topic is recognized as being posted in the wrong forum, or if the post is a violation of our guidelines then please contact a moderator either via PM or the 'report post to moderator' feature; please do not respond publicly to the member - a member of staff will do what is required upon contact. Any person/s who attempt to present themselves as a Moderator by posting negatively to a member's topic (which has been posted in error and requires locking or moving to another forum) will be sent a PM warning and placed into moderation queue upon further actions.

Adult contents, Pornography or any form of illegal activity will not be tolerated in this forum and may NOT be linked in any shape or form to this forum.

All posts in this forum and blogs are property of the poster. This forum and all web sites owned in conjunction with this forum have the right to request alteration or deletion of any offensive post. Posts may be deleted for any reasons the forum administrators deem reasonable.

Pictures may be posted as long as they are not offensive or explicit. If you intend to use more than one image on a post or large graphics, please link to the image so as to prevent your image from being removed.

Advertising on blogs, topics or PM is not allowed. You are not allowed to post advertising in blogs, topics or PM to others. You are only allowed to use your signature. Which may contain links or images not large than 200X150 pixels. Images larger than the allotted size will be requested for remove by the moderator. Text signatures should fall under four lines so as to prevent your signature from being removed.

Comments and criticism is the best way to comment on peoples work and following the rules in so doing. There are many ways to communicate, without being rude.

Users may not argue a moderators decision publicly. Any and all complaints directed at a moderator must first address the moderator in question via PM. If the problem can not be resolved, then the moderator and user must send their positions to the forum admin. The forum admin will make or change any and/or all final decisions.

Remember: you are responsible for every kind of materials you post here.

If you see anyone who isn't following the rules, use the report function or notify a staff member by PM so they can take action.

We reserve the right to ban any member who violates our guidelines or disrupts our community. We will be fair and provide warning in most cases. Once banned you are not expected to open a new account.

Our dream can only be realities if you can just have fun here at African Zone, post lots, post blogs, make new friends, invite your friends, etc. This forum is open to Africans all over the world and to the Friends of Africa. Join us build the African community.

Also, be sure to let the admin or one of the moderators know if there is something we can do to improve this site.

Thanks,
African Zone, Admin.