Massive undersea cable break — three repaired, one to go

Three of the subsea cables connecting Africa to the rest of the world have been repaired after they suffered breaks in mid-March 2024, with repairs still ongoing for one.

Philippe Devaux, a well-known global submarine cable systems industry commentator, says the CS Sovereign cable laying ship has moved to the position of the fourth and last damaged cable after completing a second fault repair on the WACS cable.around the same time on Thursday, 14 March 2024. The disruptions were discovered to have occurred off the coast of Cote d’Ivoire, near Abidjan.ArcGIS projection showing cable repair progress.

While the U.S. Geological Survey detected no earthquakes in the vicinity of the cable breaks at the time, this doesn’t rule out other possible activity on the seabed. The Microsoft Azure region in South Africa was also offline for several hours, leading to knock-on effects for local companies that rely on these services.

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