Active Incident
Confirmed: internet outage in Zambia
Zambia · March 23, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Zambia. 7 critical alerts recorded.
Evidence
45%
Anomaly Rate
7
Measurements
70%
Confidence
What This Means
45% 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 Score70% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMarch 23, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (7)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis7 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Lusaka"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.10
Mar 23, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Eastern"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.70
Mar 23, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Copperbelt"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.04
Mar 23, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Central"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.17
Mar 23, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Western"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.70
Mar 23, 2026
View source →+ 2 more IODA records
Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: internet outage in Zambia [ZM-2026-0002]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/ZM-2026-0002