@realJanet kinda
i did read this from yesterday
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68569022
and saw this earlier
The cable faults off the Ivory Coast come less than a month after three telecommunications cables were severed in the Red Sea, highlighting the vulnerability of critical communications infrastructure.
Damage to at least three subsea cables off the west coast of Africa is disrupting internet services across the continent.
https://businesstech.co.za/news/internet/760505/south-africas-major-internet-outage-explained/