According to media reports, there is a 48-hour black out of all telephone, Internet, and SMS services in Congo due to ongoing presidential elections going on in the country.
Interior Minister Raymond Mboulou wrote telecom companies urging the shut-down of telephone, Internet and SMS services for 48 hours for what he cited as "reasons of security and national safety".
Long-serving leader Denis Sassou Nguesso is heavily favored to win the polls, according to an Innovation Village report.
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Al-Jazeera reports that tensions have been high in Congo since October 2015, when a public referendum supported removing a two-term limit that would have kept Nguesso from power.
The vote also removed the 70-year age limit for the presidency - which could force on of Africa's longest serving presidents to step down.
The changes had a 94.3 percent approval via a referendum dubbed a "constitutional coup" by the opposition.
Incumbent Nguesso says he has no doubt that he will defeat his eight rivals, referring to election day as a "penalty kick and then victory".
