National shutdown
The government of Mauritania shut down mobile Internet access on Wednesday, 1 June, after protests erupted around the country after the death of a young man, Omar Diop, in police custody. Fixed-lined connectivity continues to be available. Press reports indicate that this outage may go on for a couple of days, but we have not yet identified an official government statement.
- Total Duration 6 days, 12 hours
Mauritania
- Population
- 5,022,441
- UN Classification
-
- Least Developed Country
Local impact
The government of Mauritania shut down mobile Internet access on Wednesday, 1 June, after protests erupted around the country after the death of a young man, Omar Diop, in police custody. Fixed-lined connectivity continues to be available. Press reports indicate that this outage may go on for a couple of days, but we have not yet identified an official government statement.
Other supporting information
Cloudflare Radar shows the drop in Internet traffic for the mobile networks of MATTEL (AS37508) and CHINGUITEL (AS37541).
Additionally, Google's Transparency Report shows a drop in search traffic.
The shutdown was also visible on IODA
Social media
https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/comments/13xityg/mobile_networks_shut_down_in_mauritania/