Fresh damage to undersea cables that supply African countries with the internet has raised new fears about the continent’s network vulnerabilities as it marks the third widespread disruption this year.

Internet connectivity was disrupted in and around several East African nations on Sunday, the internet observatory Netblocks said, adding that the incident was linked to failures affecting the SEACOM and EASSy subsea cable systems.

Internet services across East Africa were reportedly disrupted on Sunday due to yet more subsea cable faults, this time on the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) and the Seacom cable.

Internet users in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda have been complaining about poor connectivity as service providers across East Africa acknowledge there has been a problem.

Several internet service providers across East and South Africa have suffered outages following a submarine cable cut on Sunday. According to reports, all sub-sea capacity between the two regions have severely been affected.

A severe internet outage that has hit several African countries - the third disruption in four months - is a stark reminder of how vulnerable the service is on the continent. Questions are being asked about how the reliability of what has become an essential tool in nearly every aspect of life can be improved.

On Sunday, a significant internet disruption was observed across East and South Africa due to a submarine cable cut. ・On Sunday, a significant internet disruption was observed across East and South Africa due to a submarine cable cut.