Brickbat: No Bars

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Equatorial Guinea’s government imposed a year-long internet outage for Annobón, an island province, after residents complained about a construction company’s use of dynamite. Protesters wrote to the government with concerns about the explosions, which they say pollute their water and farmlands. Instead of helping, authorities responded by cutting off the island’s internet access, which has impacted hospital services and banking, and caused residents to face high phone bills

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