Somali internet users have cut adrift from the world after a cargo ship accidentally cut an undersea cable costing the country $10m per day.
The fragility of the internet cannot be better summed up with the news that Somalis have lost access to the internet after it is believed a commercial ship accidentally cut an undersea cable off the coast of the east African country.
Despite happening over two weeks ago, the government has been unable to repair the cable first reported as damaged on 23 June.
The capital of Mogadishu has been hit hardest by the nationwide outage where much of the country’s business, governance and media are based.
According to Africa News reporting five days after the incident, the cable was supposed to be receiving help from Omani engineers to attempt to repair the cable that almost all of the country’s internet service providers rely on for their services.
Yet still, nearly three weeks after the incident, the cable has yet to be fixed and the toll on the country is now making those in the country’s government more than a little anxious and concerned.