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Mauritania

2 July, 2024 00:00 (5 days 8 hours) - active

 
Local Impact

After President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won re-election for a second term, protests erupted across Mauritania. While we have not yet seen an official statement requiring networks to shutdown, data shows that mobile Internet networks were disrupted beginning in the early hours of 2 July 2024. Media reports and commentary on social media all indicate various degrees of a loss of connectivity.

This would unfortunately not be the first time the current government has shut down the Internet amidst protests. Back in June 2023, mobile Internet was shut down for most of a week during protests against the government.

Data and Analysis

Cloudflare Radar shows the drop in traffic in Mauritania since the morning of 2 July 2024:

Chart from Cloudflare Radar showing a drop in Internet traffic in Mauritania on 2 July

Google’s Transparency Report also shows a similar drop:

Chart from Google Transparency Report showing a drop in Internet traffic in Mauritania on 2 July

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