JUST IN – Major internet outages reported across Africa — BBC
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Much of West and Central Africa without internet after undersea cable failures t.co/7COA0UEwny
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The cause of the cable failures on Thursday was not immediately clear.
The African subsea cable operator Seacom confirmed that services on its west African cable system were down and that customers who relied on that cable were being redirected to the Google Equiano cable, which Seacom uses.
“The redirection happens automatically when a route is impacted,” it said by email.
Network disruptions caused by cable damage have occurred in Africa in recent years. However, today’s disruption “points to something larger [and] this is amongst the most severe,” said Isik Mater, director of research at NetBlocks, a group that documents internet disruptions around the world.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/14/much-of-west-and-central-africa-without-internet-after-undersea-cable-failures
Damage to at least three subsea cables off the west coast of Africa is disrupting internet services across the continent. #Undersea #Cable #Alert #internet #subsea #connectivity #cablelaying #ship #africa t.co/SIzNQDVUnG pic.twitter.com/fISFhuBmPe
— MarineXEnergyKenya (@MarinergyKenya) March 14, 2024
⚠️ Update: Live network data show today's telecoms disruption in #Africa has intensified; the incident has high impact to West Africa with significant reductions in connectivity evident across the continent; operators report multiple subsea cable failures 📉 pic.twitter.com/U9PxSk7CbV
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) March 14, 2024
🚨BREAKING: Africa Faces Weeks of Degraded State Status After Internet Outage
Three undersea cables have been damaged off the coast of Africa, causing widespread outages across the continent
“This is a devastating blow to internet connectivity along the west coast of Africa,… pic.twitter.com/EfIZlyP8Tz
— Adnan Belushi (@adnanbelushi) March 14, 2024
According to recent reports (t.co/ysyJypzEgR) sea cables were cut, resulting in significant degrading of internet capabilities. NETSCOUT observed nearly a 50% reduction in internet traffic towards selected nations in #Africa on March 14. pic.twitter.com/CKs1Uj9aZ1
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