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Civil Construction Wipes Out Internet Connectivity Across Africa (thestack.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Submarine cable operator Seacom has announced that civil construction activity was the cause of widespread outages which left large parts of Africa without internet connectivity yesterday. According to the firm, its Northern Trans-Egypt cable was damaged between Cairo and Alexandria, and the Southern Trans-Egypt route was also disrupted outside of Cairo. Adding to the interruption, Seacom's backup route, the West Africa Cable System (WACS), was also down at the same time, leaving most African countries without connectivity.
Nigerian 419 scam spam fell by more than 90% following the outage...
ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI!?
As an American, I do not understand the concept of other countries needing the internet; they only require either food or bombs.