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Undersea Cable Damage Causes Internet Outages in West Africa – Bloomberg

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Damage to four subsea cables off the west coast of Africa is disrupting internet services across the continent.
The West Africa Cable System, MainOne, South Atlantic 3 and ACE sea cables — arteries for telecommunications data — were all affected on Thursday and early Friday, triggering outages and connectivity issues for a second day for mobile operators and internet service providers, according to data from internet-analysis firms including NetBlocks, Kentik and Cloudflare. The cause of the cable faults has not yet been determined.

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