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Equatorial Guinea enforces yearlong internet outage for island that protested construction company
The internet outage has disrupted essential services and led to arrests after residents protested against environmental harm from a Moroccan construction company, local activists said.
- Residents of Equatorial Guinea's Annobón island protested a Moroccan construction company's dynamite explosions, resulting in dozens being imprisoned for nearly a year and an ongoing internet outage on the island.
- Banking, hospital, and communication services have been disrupted due to the internet shutdown, impacting the lives of the island's residents.
- Equatorial Guinea's authoritarian regime, led by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Africa's longest-serving president, has a history of repressive measures to crush dissent, including mass surveillance.
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Since July last year, residents of Annobon, one of the poorest islands in Equatorial Guinea, have not had access to the Internet.
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Equatorial Guinea enforces yearlong internet outage for island that protested construction company
Residents of Annobón island in Equatorial Guinea have faced severe internet outages since complaining about dynamite explosions by a Moroccan construction company.
Neighbors of Gibara, Holguín, left in the early morning of September 14 with casseroles and cries of “The united people will never be defeated!” and “We want the current!”, after more than 24 hours without electricity in the midst of an energy crisis that days before caused a national blackout.
When residents of Annobon Island in Equatorial Guinea wrote to the government in Malabo in July last year complaining about the explosions of dynamite by a Moroccan construction company, they did not expect their Internet access to be cut quickly.
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