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Internet outage in Benin

Benin · April 21, 2026 · Ongoing

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Benin. 4 critical alerts recorded.

Evidence

40%
Anomaly Rate
4
Measurements
67%
Confidence

What This Means

40% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score67% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeApril 21, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (4)

Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis4 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Littoral"IODA report
Signal value: 0.43
Apr 21, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Atlantique"IODA report
Signal value: 0.05
Apr 21, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Atlantique"IODA report
Signal value: 0.23
Apr 21, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Borgou"IODA report
Signal value: 0.91
Apr 21, 2026
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Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in Benin [BJ-2026-0011]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/BJ-2026-0011

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