Posted on 07/12/2016 9:58:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Ethiopia has blocked social media sites across the country after questions from end-of-year university exams were posted online last month, sparking a national scandal.
The online leak of national of the exam papers, which many have called an embarrassment for the government, forced the tests to be postponed.
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Viber have been inaccessible in the Horn of Africa's most populous country since Saturday morning, and will continue to be so until the national school examinations are concluded on Wednesday, according to government officials.
A government spokesman said the ban was aimed at stopping students taking university entrance exams this week from being "distracted".
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A “when the internet isn’t working” ping
I’m in Ethiopia right now. Internet for me was unusable for quite some time the last couple of days. Back on now.
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