An empty computer science classroom is seen at the University of Somalia in Mogadishu, July 13, 2017. Picture taken July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
MOGADISHU: A severed marine cable has left Somalia without Internet for weeks, triggering losses for businesses, residents said, and adding a layer of chaos in a country where Islamist insurgents are carrying out a campaign of bombings and killings.
Abdi Anshuur, Somalia's minister for posts and telecommunications, told state radio that Internet to the Horn of Africa state went down a month ago after a ship cut an undersea cable connecting it to global data networks.
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