Past

National shutdown

  • Total Duration 12 hours

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Population
28,372,687

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It’s difficult to measure the effect of local/regional Internet shutdowns as most measurements are done at a country level.

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Paul Biya shut down the Internet in Anglophone Cameroon for more than a year. Ethiopia shut down the Internet many times in the past. Same has happened in several African nations - long before Facebook banned some Ugandan Government accounts. Don't fall for that silly excuse. — Onye Nkuzi (@cchukudebelu) January 14, 2021