A major undersea fibre-optic cable cut on Sunday disrupted internet services across East Africa, slowing connections and causing widespread outages in the region and South Africa. Undersea cables connecting East Africa to the internet have experienced multiple incidents in 2024. All sub sea capacity between East Africa and South Africa is down. EASSy Cable - Fault confirmedSeacom Cable - Observing Fault that occurred at same time. This is the second major internet outage to hit Africa in recent months, following a similar incident in March 2024.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 13, 2024 06:47 UTC