Senegal: "cutting off the Internet means losing nearly 5 billion FCFA per day (specialist) pierre Dieme by pierre Dieme 5 June 2023 - 09:41 Senegal: "cutting the Internet means losing nearly 5 billion FCFA per day ( specialist) The State of Senegal has decided "in all sovereignty" to temporarily suspend the use of certain digital applications through which "calls to violence and hatred" are made. But also mobile data internet on certain time slots. This decision causes the loss of more than 5 billion FCFA per day. "Cutting the Internet means losing nearly 5 billion CFA francs / day, in addition to the disastrous consequences on the economy, health, and daily activities", posted Basile Niane, journalist and ICT specialist. The leader of Pastef (opposition) Ousmane Sonko was sentenced on Thursday by the criminal chamber of the tribunal de grande instance of Dakar to 2 years in prison for youth corruption. Mr. Sonko was acquitted of the acts of rape and death threats for which a complaint was served to him by Adji Sarr, a young masseuse in Dakar. This verdict, contested by its activists, plunged the country into chaos. Violent demonstrations erupted in Dakar and in several regions of the country. State property ransacked, shops looted and vehicles burned. 16 people were killed and more than 500 people arrested, according to the Police. On Sunday, the Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy increased measures to restore public order. In a press release, he informs that due to the dissemination of "hateful and subversive" messages in a context of disturbance of public order in certain localities of the national territory, the Internet of mobile data is temporarily suspended on certain time slots. . Salif SAKHANOKHO