Libreville, Gabon failure
Loses 5 cables
Loses: Angola, United Arab Emirates, Benin, Bahrain, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, India, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Morocco, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritania, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Togo, Tanzania, South Africa
Country becomes isolated