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/

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

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

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.

"Senegal: Social media blocks and network outages amid political unrest" A new report including measurements, traffic data, and input from Access Now, the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), and Cloudflare Radar covering recent #Internet disruptions in #Senegal. ooni.org/post/2023-senegal-social-media-blocks/

Although the ban on broadband #Internet connectivity was conditionally lifted in #Manipur #India last week, the ban on #mobile connectivity remains in place nearly three months after it was instituted. Traffic volumes on AS45609 (Airtel) and AS9829 (BSNL) remain extremely low.

A significant #Internet disruption was observed in #Liberia 🇱🇷 earlier today, lasting nearly four hours. A Facebook post from the Liberia Telecommunications Authority cited a breakdown of the ACE Submarine Cable in Ivory Coast. radar.cloudflare.com/lr www.facebook.com/TelecommunicationsAuthorityLIBERA/posts/pfbid0ZHbnyKHtkUPycRke7dspbQQ1GdKpfTdc2fQm1HmSLaip1ds28kwm7gRYLoBeoVUnl

The second quarter of 2023 was a particularly busy one for #Internet disruptions, and especially for government-directed Internet shutdowns. Find out more about these shutdowns and other Internet outages observed during the quarter at blog.cloudflare.com/q2-2023-internet-disruption-summary/ #KeepItOn

Planned emergency maintenance to the SEA-US submarine cable has resulted in a complete #Internet outage in #Palau, starting at 22:00 UTC on July 17 (07:00 local time on July 18). The outage is expected to last until July 22. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/pw www.facebook.com/connectingpalau/posts/pfbid029pQ7Zz4UCtEjpvP3HMF1ybKm6wZUkx5vecgdQ4SAZWLXrPMT4cs3DSo5i3zKJZk5l