A dozen countries across Africa have suffered a major internet outage as multiple undersea telecommunication cables reported failures
A dozen countries across Africa suffered a major internet outage on Thursday as multiple undersea telecommunication cables reported failures, network operators and internet watch groups said.
Network disruptions caused by cable damage have occurred in Africa in recent years. However, “today’s disruption points to something larger this is amongst the most severe,” said Isik Mater, director of research at NetBlocks, a group that documents internet disruptions around the world. The West Africa Cable System , the Africa Coast to Europe , SAT-3 and MainOne were among the system cables that observers said were affected in Thursday's outage.
Vodacom, South Africa’s mobile operator, also reported “intermittent connectivity issues due to multiple undersea cable failures.” Namibia and Lesotho were also affected.
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