Active Incident
Internet outage in Malawi
Malawi · April 17, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Malawi. 4 critical alerts recorded.
Evidence
2%
Anomaly Rate
4
Measurements
67%
Confidence
What This Means
2% 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 17, 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 Lilongwe"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Apr 17, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Lilongwe"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Apr 17, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Lilongwe"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Apr 17, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Lilongwe"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Apr 17, 2026
View source →Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in Malawi [MW-2026-0029]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/MW-2026-0029