Congo - RFI signal and Internet cut simultaneously in Congo-Brazzaville

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Radio France Internationale's local retransmission signal was disconnected at 6 a.m. on 20 October 2015 in the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) while Internet and SMS services went down throughout the country. All this happened just as the opposition was preparing to hold a major demonstration against next Sunday's referendum on a controversial constitutional amendment that would allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to run for a third term. Was it just a coincidence? At least four (...)

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