Government cuts internet to all 5,000 residents of island after construction protests

The Bank of Central African States in Equatorial Guinea (alarico / Shutterstock.com)

Annobón is a seven-square-mile island of about 5000 people, and the smallest province of Equatorial Guinea. According to the Associated Press, the entire island has been cut off from the internet in retaliation for protests by some of its residents.

Last year, a number of…