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DR Congo authorities shut down Internet in Kinshasa

Published: 20 Jan 2015 - 05:01 pm | Last Updated: 18 Jan 2022 - 03:15 am

Joseph Kabila

KINSHASHA--Authorities have shut down the Internet in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo after bloody clashes between opponents of President Joseph Kabila and police, mobile phone operators said Tuesday.

"The National Intelligence Agency (ANR) gave us the order to block the Internet in Kinshasa until further notice," the manager of one service provider told AFP, asking not to be named. The measure applies "to all operators", said another, a day after at least four people died and 10 were wounded in protests.

AFP