People in West and Central Africa are experiencing problems connecting to the internet with Ivory Coast being the worst-affected country, the monitoring group NetBlocks reports. It says that the companies operating the sub-sea cables linking the region to the internet are reporting multiple failures. But the exact cause of the …
Read More »Russia decides to “slow down” the functioning of Twitter
The Russian regulatory authorities have decided to “slow down” the functioning of the social network Twitter in order to force the social network to delete several thousand messages; a complete blockage could follow. According to Roskomnadzor, the agency responsible for regulating the Internet in Russia, Twitter has refused to delete …
Read More »Internet and phone services disrupted in Gambia
The Gambia is experiencing prolonged downtime of internet and mobile telephony resulting in general disruption of services. This is the second time in a week that the West Africa country has experienced hours of shutdown in communication services. Last week, the state-owned telecommunications company, Gamtel, apologised to consumers for the …
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