They include MTN which the largest service provider in Cameroon.

None of the internet providers is prepared to speak about the action taken in 20 percent of Cameroon.

A condition of their being granted licenses in many African countries is that they obey government instructions to cut any services.

Last year no fewer than 11 African governments ordered internet companies to cut off services.

More than a fortnight ago, Cameroon ordered companies to cut services to parts of the country where there have been protests against the French-language dominated government’s marginalisation of people from Anglophone regions.

The government wants to stop protestors using WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter to spread word of their campaigns.

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