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Internet outage in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe · May 3, 2026 · Ongoing

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

Evidence

69%
Anomaly Rate
4
Measurements
67%
Confidence

What This Means

69% of 4 network tests from Zimbabwe failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 66+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.

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 TimeMay 3, 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 Matabeleland North"IODA report
Signal value: 0.72
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Manicaland"IODA report
Signal value: 0.67
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Harare"IODA report
Signal value: 0.60
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Masvingo"IODA report
Signal value: 0.75
May 3, 2026
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Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in Zimbabwe [ZW-2026-0048]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/ZW-2026-0048

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