Government officials in Comoros have severed access to the internet in the country after protests were staged against the re-election of President Azali Assoumani.
Reports have claimed that one person has their life, and six others injured as police keep battling angry opposition supporters in the capital, Moroni.
Several roads in the capital have also been reportedly barricaded and an unspecified number of protesters have been arrested.
A night-time curfew has already been imposed to contain the spreading unrest.
The electoral commission on Tuesday announced that Mr Assoumani had accumulated 63% of the vote in Sunday’s ballot to clinch the fourth term as president.
This declaration led to violent protests on Wednesday after opposition parties captioned the results as fraudulent and called for the cancellation of the election.
Several buildings in the capital had been vandalised, plundered and burned, including the home of a minister.
A car at the home of another minister was also burned and a national food depot burnt down during the protests.
Internet services have been severely hampered, leasing to many sites being inaccessible, according to a report by Global internet monitoring site, Netblocks.
WhatsApp calls have also been blocked and mobile messages limited due to very low connection speeds to bar demonstrators from communicating and sharing compromising images on social networks.
Government spokesperson Houmed Msaidie has already said that the state would not give way to violence, adding that the instigators had already been identified.
Assoumani’s poll victory is expected to be confirmed by the Comoros’ Supreme Court this weekend.
