Access to mobile internet has been cut in Dakar on Monday, AFP journalists saw, as Senegal grapples with a political crisis after President Macky Sall announced a postponement of this month’s election.
Many users in the capital said they had been unable to access mobile data on their phones since the morning. Senegal’s parliament is due shortly to begin debating a proposal to postpone the presidential poll for up to six months.
Already in June, the Senegalese government has restricted access to mobile internet services in specific areas because of deadly rioting in which “hateful and subversive” messages have been posted online.
