Ongoing

Service blocking

Facebook, Signal, Telegram

Amid political unrest in Togo, the government is limiting access to multiple services on the three major networks of the country, Yas Togo (TogoTelecom), CanalBox (GVA CanalBox), and Moov Togo (Atlantique Telecom).
The affected services are mainly social media and instant messaging apps, including Facebook, Telegram, and Signal, as well as YouTube and DuckDuckGo.

  • Total Duration 16 days, 6 hours

Flag of Togo Togo

Population
9,515,236
UN Classification
  • Least Developed Country

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Other supporting information

Th Internet Society Togo Chapter conducted an in depth analysis of this incident here: https://internetsociety.tg/2025/07/04/rapport-technique-sur-les-perturbations-de-lacces-a-internet-au-togo-juin-juillet-2025/

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) conducted an in-depth analysis here: https://explorer.ooni.org/findings/167838678600

Media coverage

Coverage on DW

Shutdown history

  • 1 shutdowns in the last 12 months
  • 3 shutdowns since 2018
  • 462 shutdown hours since 2018

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