Enlarge / View of Le Plateau and Ebrie Lagoon from the highest of the Cathedrale St-Paul in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), one of many affected international locations. (credit score: Getty)
13 international locations throughout Africa skilled Web outages on Thursday as a consequence of injury to submarine fiber optic cables. Some international locations, together with Ghana and Nigeria, are nonetheless affected by nationwide outages.
A number of community suppliers reported Web outages yesterday, and Cloudflare’s Radar device, which screens Web utilization patterns, detailed how the outage seemingly moved from the northern a part of West Africa to South Africa. All 13 international locations (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, The Gambia, and Togo) reportedly suffered nationwide outages, with most seeing a number of networks hit.
Some international locations’ Web disruptions have been short-lived, akin to in Gambia and Guinea, as they lasted for 30 minutes, per Cloudflare. Different outages, like in South Africa (5 hours) have been longer, and a few stay ongoing. As of this writing, Cloudflare reviews that six international locations, together with Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Côte d’Ivoire, are nonetheless struggling outages.
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