At least thirteen countries in West Africa are affected, to varying levels, by major internet outages.
Several underwater cables were reportedly damaged.
The consequences could last several weeks.
Ivory Coast is the country hardest hit by the outage which affects millions of people.
The African Book Fair is being held this weekend in Paris.
But what if readers don't have access to books?
Elements of response with Souleymane Gueye, editorial director of Saaraba Editions in Dakar.
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