The Nigerian government said it has lifted its ban on Twitter, seven months after it accused the social media firm of siding with the secessionists. Nigerians can now resume using Twitter social networks, suspended since June 2021. But the government said it was reversing the ban after Twitter agreed to …
Read More »Zambia: the opposition deplores the cut-off of the internet and demands its restoration
Zambia’s main opposition presidential candidate has denounced the cut-off of the internet during Thursday’s tightly contested elections and called on for its restoration. “We call on Zicta [the communications authority] to immediately unblock the internet so citizens can follow the electoral process and continue with their lives unhindered,” Hakainde Hichilema …
Read More »Yoweri Museveni spits his truths to the giant Facebook
President Yoweri Museveni has once again accused tech giant Facebook of being biased against Uganda’s ruling party and its supporters. The social media platform suspended several accounts linked to the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party days to the January election, accusing them of being involved in Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour (CIB) …
Read More »Uganda: the authorities threaten those who use VPN
Few days after the announcement of the presidential elections results, social networks are still blocked in the country. The connection had been restored but Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, and the other social networks remain inaccessible. The population however found a solution to that problem. Despite the blockage of social networks for …
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