Internet Outages Hit 13 African Countries After Undersea Cables Damaged
- 13 countries in Africa experienced internet outages due to damage to submarine fiber optic cables
- Outages started Thursday morning and some countries are still affected
- Multiple undersea cables were damaged off the west African coast
- Earlier cable damage in the Red Sea also reduced capacity in Africa
- Such cable damage has caused outages before, like in Tonga for 12 days in 2019
