Numerous African nations experienced internet disruption on Thursday, March 14, due to multiple undersea telecommunication cables encountering failures. On Thursday, March 14, an incident involving damage to an undersea cable caused widespread disruption to internet services in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. The affected undersea cables near Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, resulted in downtime for various nations across West and South Africa. According to The Nation, quoting Bloomberg, undersea cables, including the West Africa Cable System, MainOne, and ACE, were affected on Thursday, hindering telecommunications data flow. “This is a result of damage to international undersea cables across East & West Africa.

Source: Daily Nation March 15, 2024 14:04 UTC