Houthi militants blamed for internet disruptions in Africa

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A ship damaged by Houthi attacks in the Red Sea drifted without control and damaged several undersea internet cables, reports conclude. A ship damaged by Houthi attacks in the Red Sea drifted without control and damaged several undersea internet cables, reports conclude.

Houthi attacks on a ship in the Red Sea in February are the likely cause of a breakage in undersea internet cables in the area, according to reports.

Internet outages were experienced in Kenya, Egypt, countries in Southern Africa and some regions in Asia because of the cable break. The same attacks have been causing widespread economic turmoil for many nations, and have led to skyrocketing prices in Crude Oil,that it experienced an outage in its internet services in Kenya, Egypt and some countries in Southern Africa. At that time, investigations pointed to an underwater cable break in the Red Sea region. The company said that other cables nearby could have also been affected.

The crew abandoned the massive 172-meter vessel, the Rubymar, after Houthi missiles struck its hull. At the time of the attack the Rubymar, out of Belize, was freighting 41 000 tonnes of fertilizer. The ship has been confirmed to have sunk after the attack, but not before drifting for two weeks unmanned. The initial attack occurred in February.

 

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