Somalia’s Internet outage is costing the country $10m a day
Somalia is undergoing an Internet outage, which is costing the country $10m each day, according to authorities. The outage was caused by damage to an undersea fibre-optic cable, which happened more than two weeks ago. The government says the cable is being fixed and the service will be restored in the next days.
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