Internet restored to SomaliaMOGADISHU, Somalia - The loss of internet and data services for nearly three weeks in Somalia caused considerable economic damage to many sectors of the Somali economy, such as commerce, education, healthcare, and the delivery of Government services. Services have now been restored after the fibre optic cable was repaired. © Roberto Piras via 123RF The Federal Government of Somalia in collaboration with the owner of the fibre-optic cable has successfully restored Internet and data services to South and Central Somalia. The Ministry is working on a national communication and information technologies policy in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders The Ministry of Post, Telecommunications and Technology put enormous focus and spared no efforts in trying to minimise the damage to the nation’s economy by assisting the owner of the fibre-optic cable to expedite the restoration of the services and by providing permits and security protection to the repair ship. Recognising the enormity of the negative economic impact this incident had on the country’s economy and public services, the Ministry is committed to work with all public and private stakeholders to ensure an outage of this magnitude and length does not occur again. The following measures are needed to prevent similar future incidents:
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