Analysts troubled by trend of internet, social media shutdowns in Africa

FILE - A tear gas canister explodes in downtown Nairobi as protesters try to help injured people outside the Kenya Parliament during a strike to protest tax hikes and the 2024 finance bill. After the protests, Kenya experienced a nationwide loss in internet connectivity. 

Amid widespread protests in Kenya this summer over a controversial finance bill, the country's Communications Authority announced it did not intend to shut down internet access. The next day, however, Kenya experienced a countrywide loss in internet connectivity.