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Gabon’s government reportedly shut down the Internet and broadcasting services following a coup attempt by the army against President Ali Bongo. Internet traffic in Gabon fell sharply at around 8:00 a.m. local time, according to research by Internet Without Borders, indicating the start of the outage. The government has not publicly acknowledged the blackout.
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Gabon’s government reportedly shut down the Internet and broadcasting services following a coup attempt by the army against President Ali Bongo. Internet traffic in Gabon fell sharply at around 8:00 a.m. local time, according to research by Internet Without Borders, indicating the start of the outage. The government has not publicly acknowledged the blackout.
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Entire country's internet reportedly shut down during armed coup attempt in Gabon https://t.co/Vdj2CXTHlM pic.twitter.com/8N2e1D9tYs — Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) January 7, 2019
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Gabon’s government reportedly shut down the Internet and broadcasting services following a coup attempt by the army against President Ali Bongo. Internet traffic in Gabon fell sharply at around 8:00 a.m. local time, according to research by Internet Without Borders, indicating the start of the outage. The government has not publicly acknowledged the blackout. Local media reported that the shutdown affected operators Gabon Telecom and its mobile subsidiary Libertis, as well as Airtel. Data from the Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) and Cloudflare show major networks inside Gabon shutting off suddenly with just a minuscule amount of traffic making it through. Connectivity was restored after the government reportedly quelled the uprising. Gabon previously shut down Internet access in the country in 2016, in the wake of a disputed national vote that re-elected President Ali Bongo.