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Internet connectivity disruption in Ethiopia

Ethiopia · May 1, 2026 · Ongoing

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Ethiopia. 10 critical alerts recorded.

Evidence

80%
Anomaly Rate
10
Measurements
75%
Confidence

What This Means

80% of 10 network tests from Ethiopia failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 77+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v2 (99.8% F1, internal eval)
Confidence Score75% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 1, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (12)

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

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis12 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Addis Ababa"IODA report
Signal value: 0.83
May 1, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Addis Ababa"IODA report
Signal value: 0.81
May 1, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Addis Ababa"IODA report
Signal value: 0.81
May 1, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Addis Ababa"IODA report
Signal value: 0.82
May 1, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Addis Ababa"IODA report
Signal value: 0.78
May 1, 2026
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+ 7 more IODA records

Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Internet connectivity disruption in Ethiopia [ET-2026-0058]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/ET-2026-0058

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