This morning's #Internet shutdown in #Iraq brought the latest round of goverment-directed shutdowns intended to prevent cheating on exams to a close. Subscribe to Cloudflare Radar traffic anomaly and outage notifications for alerts on future shutdowns. radar.cloudflare.com/iq

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An #Internet disruption in #Barbados is likely due to a widespread power outage acknowledged in a Facebook post by Barbados Light & Power Company. Cloudflare Radar shows traffic dropping by ~90% starting around 15:30 UTC. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/bb www.facebook.com/blpconline/posts/pfbid024uwgnaqzD57ca5sJ21mZcnffdHeMkPzthekwaUNWaio7PuyWJNvEVBpPquY2KAqWl

#Tunisia 🇹🇳 is experiencing a widespread #Internet disruption likely due to a reported fire at the Rades power station. Cloudflare Radar shows a drop in traffic starting around midnight UTC on September 20. radar.cloudflare.com/tn

Numerous complaints across social media of an #Internet outage impacting customers of SkyUK. Cloudflare Radar shows a nearly 70% drop in traffic starting around 21:00 UTC on September 19. No indication at this time of a root cause. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as5607

The 2nd round of final exams in #Iraq (except Kurdistan region) have led to the latest set of #Internet shutdowns intended to prevent exam cheating. Shutdowns take place from 0400-0800 local time (0100-0500 UTC) on 8 days through September 28. radar.cloudflare.com/iq

When clashes between local militiamen and federal military forces intensified on August 3, the government of #Ethiopia reportedly shut down #Internet services in the #Amhara region. Over five weeks later, connectivity remains largely unavailable. #KeepItOn

#Internet connectivity was restored in #Gabon around 06:15 UTC today, after being shut down on Saturday, August 26. Connectivity returned hours after military officers said they had taken power in the country. radar.cloudflare.com/ga www.reuters.com/world/africa/gabonese-military-officers-announce-they-have-seized-power-2023-08-30/

University of Michigan has been largely offline since Sunday. It was disconnected from the Internet ahead of the first day of classes in response to a "significant security concern". radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as36375 www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/08/significant-security-concern-prompted-internet-outage-at-university-of-michigan.html

The government of #Gabon has announced the suspension of Internet access in order to "prevent the spread of calls for violence" following elections. CloudflareRadar shows traffic starting to drop around 15:45 UTC. radar.cloudflare.com/ga www.france24.com/fr/afrique/20230826-pr%C3%A9sidentielle-au-gabon-couvre-feu-instaur%C3%A9-et-internet-coup%C3%A9 #KeepItOn

A "system disturbance" experienced by Kenya Power led to a power outage that has impacted #Internet connectivity across the country. Cloudflare Radar shows traffic in #Kenya 🇰🇪 down nearly 75%, starting at 18:45 UTC. twitter.com/KenyaPower_Care/status/1695174502798197038

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Customers of Spectrum Business in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee are experiencing an outage, according to the provider. Cloudflare data shows traffic dropping on AS20115 (Spectrum) in these three states starting at 17:25 UTC (13:25/12:25 local time). twitter.com/Ask_Spectrum/status/1692235740275695999

A widespread power outage in #Brazil earlier today resulted in a nominal disruption to #Internet traffic within the country, starting at 0830 UTC (1130 local time). Cloudflare observed an impact across multiple states & cities. radar.cloudflare.com/br abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/widespread-blackout-leaves-parts-brazil-electricity-102282449

Officials in #Syria have implemented nationwide #Internet shutdowns for three consecutive days this week in an attempt to prevent cheating on the latest round of academic exams. The daily outages are expected to occur through August 21. radar.cloudflare.com/sy #KeepItOn

MTN South Sudan apologized to customers for network issues experienced earlier today that were the result of fiber cuts in Uganda. CloudflareRadar data shows an outage on AS37594 between 1100-1300 UTC. radar.cloudflare.com/as37594 twitter.com/MTNSSD/status/1691086728457531392

Joining #Kurdistan in a second round of #Internet shutdowns to prevent cheating on exams, it appears that #Syria will also experience daily shutdowns until August 21. The first was observed today between 0200-0530 UTC. radar.cloudflare.com/sy sana.sy/en/ #KeepItOn

#Mobile #Internet connectivity has been unavailable in #Amhara, #Ethiopia 🇪🇹 since 18:00 UTC on August 2, following fighting between the federal military and local militia. #KeepItOn www.nasdaq.com/articles/mobile-internet-outages-in-ethiopias-amhara-amid-fighting-residents-say

#Internet providers in the #Kurdistan region of #Iraq are again implementing daily multi-hour shutdowns, reportedly to prevent cheating on 12th grade student exams. Connectivity will be cut between 0300-0500 UTC each day this week. #KeepitOn twitter.com/964English/status/1688157983170322432

After seeing six consecutive days with multi-hour #Internet shutdowns last week, mobile connectivity on Sudatel and Free/Tigo in #Senegal 🇸🇳 has been stable since late Saturday. Interestingly, traffic on #Sonatel saw significant increases when mobile networks were shut down.