Cote d'Ivoire : SMS Service Suspended During Elections to Prevent Violence
Written byAbdoulaye Bah
Translated bySuzanne Lehn
diabymohamed informs on Twitter that in anticipation of the presidential election of Sunday, Oct. 31 in Cote d'Ivoire, the Ivorian Telecom Authority (ATCI) decided to suspend short text message services, a decision that is reasonable for some because of potential messages of violence : “RT @2romeo: #Abidjan closing of SMS services from end of vote until tuesday morning. Great precaution for dispassionate results”.
Written byAbdoulaye Bah
Translated bySuzanne Lehn
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An update on twitter from Nick Ericsson of BBC Focus on Africa magazine disputes the report of an interruption of SMS service in Abidjan.