Why Internet disruptions have rocked parts of Africa

Damages on multiple undersea telecommunication cables are the cause of a far-reaching connection outage that rocked parts of the African continent for the second day on Friday, with operators and Internet watch groups warning that the situation could take weeks if not months to fix.

As of the close of Friday, at least eight countries in the continent had reported major connectivity issues even as details regarding the cause of the sub-sea cable damages remained scanty.