Internet closures to recording high Africa as access ‘weapons’ | Internet

Digital Blackuts reached a report high in 2024 in Africa While many governments seek to keep millions of citizens on the internet than at any time in the last decade.

A report released by the internet rights group access now and #keepiton, a coalition of Hundreds of Civil Society Organizations worldwide, found there were 21 shutdowns in 15 African countries, surpassing the existing record of 19 shutdowns in 2020 and 2021.

Comoros, Guinea-Bissaau and Mauritius joints include back offenders such as Burundi, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea and Kenya. Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania are also on the list. But guilty also included peritias and other non-state actors.

Telecommunications of telecommunication and Internet closing services also based on government orders also complicate the violation of people’s rights, Felicia Anthonio, the campaign campaign, quoted by UN Ginid Business Principles in Period.

Details show that most shutdowns are imposed as a response to conflicts, protests and political disadvantages. There are also restrictions during election.

The trend is replicated all over the world with many internet closures and many countries: 296 shutdowns in 54 countries, compared to 283 shutdowns last year.

Access now said numbers are the worst since it begins to keep records of 2016 and that increases the increase in “a world access, and priectious”.

“Behind each of 1,754 shutdowns from 2016 a story of people and communities cut from the world and each other, during political, chaos and war.

At least five African shutdowns are imposed for more than one year at the end of 2024, according to access now. In the early 2025, the meto network meta is still restricted to Uganda, despite the authorities involved in its representatives. In the Equatorial Guinean Island in Annobon, Internet and Cell Services CUT OFF Since one August 2024 protests of environmental concerns and solitude from other parts of the country.

The increase in shutdowns leads the African commission of human rights and people to pass a landmark resolution on March 2024 to help change the fashion.

But regression continued, Anthonio said. “We never saw many shutdowns associated with African elections and other places in 2024 despite adopting ACHPL resolution last year,” he said.

“Despite this, resolution is a positive measure as it serves as an important resource and discussing for the civil society against the consequences that can be harmful to the rights. The resolution gives us results, but we see the authorities in those who want Mauritius and South Sudan (on January 2025) backtrack or reverse orders of closure. “