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Internet outage in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe · May 17, 2026 · Ongoing

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Zimbabwe. 1 critical alerts recorded.

Evidence

28%
Anomaly Rate
1
Measurements
65%
Confidence

What This Means

28% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v2 (99.8% F1, internal eval)
Confidence Score65% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 17, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (1)

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

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis1 record
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Matabeleland North"IODA report
Signal value: 0.28
May 17, 2026
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Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in Zimbabwe [ZW-2026-0053]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/ZW-2026-0053

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