Several subsea cables failed Thursday, operators reported, cutting internet service to west and central Africa. Ivory Coast, for example, was reduced to about 4% connectivity in the morning, according to NetBlocks, a tracker. In Liberia, basic internet service and social media access were unavailable in most of the country, the BBC reports. International bank transfers were affected, and international voice calls were limited. “It seems like 50% of my life is gone today,” said a resident of Monrovia, the capital. There was no word on the cause of the cables’ failures. At least a dozen countrie…