Mobile data internet restored in Dakar. Access to mobile data had been blocked since Monday.
Ministry of Telecommunications justified this measure by the dissemination on social networks of “hateful and subversive messages” Restrictions on internet access are now common in a number of countries to stem protest. Senegalese Parliament voted on Monday a law postponing the presidential election from February 25 to December 15 and extending the mandate of outgoing President Macky Sall. This postponement and the conditions in which it occurred caused an outcry and raised fears of strong reactions.