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Internet outage in Zambia

Zambia · April 24, 2026 · Ongoing

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

Evidence

31%
Anomaly Rate
4
Measurements
67%
Confidence

What This Means

31% 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 24, 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 Copperbelt"IODA report
Signal value: 0.38
Apr 24, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Lusaka"IODA report
Signal value: 0.30
Apr 24, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Copperbelt"IODA report
Signal value: 0.32
Apr 24, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Lusaka"IODA report
Signal value: 0.24
Apr 24, 2026
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Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in Zambia [ZM-2026-0003]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/ZM-2026-0003

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