{"id":20207,"date":"2024-03-16T01:38:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.telegeography.com\/march-2024-west-africa-cable-faults"},"modified":"2024-03-16T01:38:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:38:47","slug":"beyond-the-red-sea-blues-west-africa-faces-fresh-cable-faults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=20207","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Red Sea Blues: West Africa Faces Fresh Cable Faults"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hs-featured-image-wrapper\">\n <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.telegeography.com\/march-2024-west-africa-cable-faults\" title=\"\" class=\"hs-featured-image-link\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.telegeography.com\/hubfs\/boat-202541_1280.jpg\" alt=\"Beyond the Red Sea Blues: West Africa Faces Fresh Cable Faults\" class=\"hs-featured-image\" style=\"width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\"> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>As if <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.telegeography.com\/what-we-know-and-dont-about-multiple-cable-faults-in-the-red-sea\"><span>three cable faults in the Red Sea<\/span><\/a> weren\u2019t enough of a headache, a series of West African cables were damaged on March 14.<\/p>\n<p>The precise location and cause of these faults are not known at this time, but let\u2019s look at what we do know. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/track.hubspot.com\/__ptq.gif?a=594292&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.telegeography.com%2Fmarch-2024-west-africa-cable-faults&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.telegeography.com&amp;bvt=rss\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; \"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As if three cable faults in the Red Sea weren\u2019t enough of a headache, a series of West African cables were damaged on March 14.<br \/>\nThe precise location and cause of these faults are not known at this time, but let\u2019s look at what we do know.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5030,2309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","category-network"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As if three cable faults in the Red Sea weren\u2019t enough of a headache, a series of West African cables were damaged on March 14. 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