East Africa internet disrupted again by new subsea cable cuts

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Guest authors

Internet services across East Africa were reportedly disrupted on Sunday due to yet more subsea cable faults, this time on the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) and the Seacom cable.

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