Congo turned off the internet ahead of elections on Sunday. This is becoming a common trick by Africa’s authoritarian democracies to skew elections in their favour. This news is reported by Euronews:

Voting continued on presidential election day on Sunday after access to the internet and social networks were cut in the Republic of Congo, where long-standing President Denis Sassou N’Guesso is seeking a new five-year term.

“Network data show a near-total collapse of national connectivity from midnight local time. The incident is ongoing as polls are due to open,” the London-based tracking service Netblocks reported.

AFP journalists also noted that the internet access stopped shortly after midnight on Saturday and was still down as polling stations opened on Sunday.

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