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After Historic Volcanic Blast, Tonga’s Relief Efforts Hit Hard by COVID-19
The aid effort to help volcano- and tsunami-stricken Tonga is running into a COVID-19 roadblock.
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Damaged Undersea Cable Could Keep Tonga Offline for Weeks Following Volcanic Eruption
Critical aid is just now making its way to Tonga nearly five days after an earth-shaking volcanic eruption rattled the small Pacific island nation. And while telephones service and other basic communication are starting to slowly come back online, a major disruption to an undersea fibre-optic table could leave residents disconnected from the internet for…
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Nigeria Lifts Twitter Ban After Seven Months of Censorship
Nigeria will lift a ban on Twitter on Thursday after seven months, according to a statement published online from the country’s technology development agency. The government banned Twitter for enabling “subversive” and “criminal” activities, though in reality it was likely because the social media company deleted a post from the president of Nigeria.
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What Really Happened During Kazakhstan’s Internet Blackout?
As protests erupted across the massive Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan on Wednesday, the government resorted to extreme measures, enforcing a wide-scale internet blackout lasting at least eight hours, blocking news and social media access in the former Soviet state. Eventually, scenes of chaos and burnt vehicles made their way onto news wires. As of…