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Incident record · Botswana

Internet connectivity disruption in BW

Type
disruption
Status
active
Severity
critical
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Source summary

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in BW. 5 critical alerts recorded.

Open incident JSON
Reported anomaly rate
42.9%

Source-defined signal; not a universal test-failure percentage.

Source measurement count
5

The record’s count can represent aggregate inputs or alerts.

Incident confidence
70%

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Follow the evidence

5 linked records.

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Qualifying linked evidence sources: IODA (5). Historical incident source labels may include quarantined observations and are not detection evidence by themselves.

Linked observation dates

5 dated · 0 without a verified timezone
IODA5 linked records
Oct 18, 2026 · 00:00 UTCOct 18, 2026 · 00:50 UTC

Each point is a linked record. Horizontal position shows observation time; stacking separates nearby points. The full records below provide the values. This is not a measured outage-duration chart.

Upstream claims are attributed to their source. Multiple records or source names do not by themselves establish independent corroboration.

IODA5 records · open evidence

outage · critical

ioda:alert:bgp:region:549:1792284600

IODA detected critical level outage for Gaborone

Upstream claim · IODA
Signal value
0.023256
Signal baseline
344
Evidence confidence
65%
Link confidence
80%

Why it is linked: Same country and date, critical level IODA alert

Retrieved
2026-10-18 06:00:30.872193 · timezone unspecified
Open IODA entity dashboard (day parameters)
Complete evidence record
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  "confidence": 0.65,
  "continent": null,
  "countryCode": "BW",
  "domain": null,
  "domainCategory": null,
  "exactMeasurementLink": false,
  "id": 577543056,
  "kind": "alert",
  "linkConfidence": 0.8,
  "linkReason": "Same country and date, critical level IODA alert",
  "observedAt": "2026-10-18T00:50:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": "549",
  "retrievedAt": "2026-10-18T06:00:30.872193",
  "riskTier": null,
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  "signalLevel": "critical",
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  "sourceUrl": "https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/BW",
  "unSubregion": null,
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "IODA detected critical level outage for Gaborone",
  "upstreamSeverity": "critical"
}

outage · critical

ioda:alert:bgp:region:542:1792284600

IODA detected critical level outage for North-West

Upstream claim · IODA
Signal value
0.222222
Signal baseline
27
Evidence confidence
65%
Link confidence
80%

Why it is linked: Same country and date, critical level IODA alert

Retrieved
2026-10-18 06:00:30.872193 · timezone unspecified
Open IODA entity dashboard (day parameters)
Complete evidence record
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  "blockingMethod": null,
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  "id": 577543057,
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  "linkReason": "Same country and date, critical level IODA alert",
  "observedAt": "2026-10-18T00:50:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": "542",
  "retrievedAt": "2026-10-18T06:00:30.872193",
  "riskTier": null,
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  "upstreamSeverity": "critical"
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outage · critical

ioda:alert:ping-slash24:region:543:1792281600

IODA detected critical level outage for Central

Upstream claim · IODA
Signal value
0.619048
Signal baseline
84
Evidence confidence
77%
Link confidence
80%

Why it is linked: Same country and date, critical level IODA alert

Retrieved
2026-10-18 06:00:30.872193 · timezone unspecified
Open IODA entity dashboard (day parameters)
Complete evidence record
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  "observedAt": "2026-10-18T00:00:00Z",
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  "upstreamSeverity": "critical"
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outage · critical

ioda:alert:ping-slash24:region:549:1792281600

IODA detected critical level outage for Gaborone

Upstream claim · IODA
Signal value
0.682796
Signal baseline
186
Evidence confidence
77%
Link confidence
80%

Why it is linked: Same country and date, critical level IODA alert

Retrieved
2026-10-18 06:00:30.872193 · timezone unspecified
Open IODA entity dashboard (day parameters)
Complete evidence record
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  "observedAt": "2026-10-18T00:00:00Z",
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  "upstreamSeverity": "critical"
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outage · critical

ioda:alert:ping-slash24:region:550:1792281600

IODA detected critical level outage for Francistown

Upstream claim · IODA
Signal value
0.6
Signal baseline
50
Evidence confidence
77%
Link confidence
80%

Why it is linked: Same country and date, critical level IODA alert

Retrieved
2026-10-18 06:00:30.872193 · timezone unspecified
Open IODA entity dashboard (day parameters)
Complete evidence record
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  "continent": null,
  "countryCode": "BW",
  "domain": null,
  "domainCategory": null,
  "exactMeasurementLink": false,
  "id": 577542362,
  "kind": "alert",
  "linkConfidence": 0.8,
  "linkReason": "Same country and date, critical level IODA alert",
  "observedAt": "2026-10-18T00:00:00Z",
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  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "IODA detected critical level outage for Francistown",
  "upstreamSeverity": "critical"
}
Source-reported corroboration

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{
  "description": "Single source label: ioda",
  "evidenceCount": 5,
  "level": "low",
  "score": 0.62,
  "sourceCount": 1,
  "sources": [
    "ioda"
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}

Declared incident sources (historical metadata): IODA.

Qualifying linked evidence sources: IODA (5).

Fewer than two qualifying linked source labels are present. Stored incident labels may include quarantined OONI observations and do not establish corroboration.

Scope and attribution

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Methodology

Affected services

No services named.

Incident mechanism

No mechanism specified at the incident level.

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Affected domains · 0

Domains named by the source record. Each link opens country-specific OONI measurements; a named domain is not a blanket national-block verdict.

No domains named.

Networks and evidence attribution

ASNs named by this source record: None listed.

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  "methods": [
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      "method": "outage"
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  "note": "Aggregated from this incident's qualifying linked evidence rows — only domains, ASNs, and blocking methods the evidence literally records are shown, with the per-item evidence count. No per-domain/per-ASN attribution is present in the qualifying linked evidence for this incident (e.g. country/ASN-level outage signals).",
  "sources": [
    "ioda"
  ],
  "top_asns": [],
  "top_domains": []
}
What this record cannot establish

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Created
2026-10-18 06:00:50.991601 · timezone unspecified
Last updated
2026-10-18 06:00:50.991601 · timezone unspecified
Revision
1
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Canonical ID: BW-2026-0030. Source ID: BW-2026-0030. Hash ID: 6adcde65f78b.

Additional source duration field: unavailable. It is retained separately from the minutes field and does not establish a verified event duration.

Complete source JSON
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Facts: Internet connectivity disruption in BW. Country: Botswana. Source type: disruption. Source status: active. Reported observation window: 2026-10-18T00:00:00Z to 2026-10-18T00:50:00Z.

As of linked evidence: . Record generated: 2026-10-18T07:23:33.174517Z; page checked: 2026-10-18T07:23:33.210Z. These are different times.

Stored incident source labels: 1 distinct declared names (ioda). These are historical metadata; qualifying linked sources are shown above. Source names are not independent corroboration.

Cite: Voidly Research. (n.d.). Internet connectivity disruption in BW [BW-2026-0030]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/BW-2026-0030

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