Internet Shutdowns

Data and media reports indicate that mobile Internet has been suspended in Mozambique for a third time in the past 72 hours and the fourth time in the past two weeks amidst protests after the presidential election results were announced. Like the last times, fixed Internet continues to be available.

There are also reports of service blocking, including VPNs, since Thursday, 31 October, although limited data confirms this. Residents are encouraged to run OONI probe tests to measure whether popular Internet services can be connected via local networks.

[Update]

Mobile Internet services returned to normal on Wednesday, 6 November, around 5:00 UTC.

They’re holding us hostage in our own country. They’ve shut down the internet AGAIN violating our right to freedom of speech and to have access to the internet, mind you, said internet was PAID with our own money.#Mozambique #freemozambique #Endpolicebrutality #notmypresident

— Yolly♥♀ (@Bookaholictiruh) November 3, 2024

THEY HAVE CUT OUR INTERNET FULLY ONCE MORE! not limiting access to social media, not slowing down the internet but fully shutdown! #Mozambique #RiggedElections #FreeMozambique #DemocracyNow #EndPoliceBrutality #HumanRightsMatter

— A🧚🏽‍♀️ (@liliimone) November 3, 2024

The internet has been switched off completely in Mozambique. Protests against electoral fraud and marches in the country’s main cities are suffocating the dictatorial Frelimo government pic.twitter.com/gRRTm2nSE1

— Zito do Rosário Ossumane (@zito_ossumane) November 4, 2024

Mozambique internet providers, you were warned, last week, not to cut the internet. You did not need this warning and now you’re paying the price.This is the second tower that’s gone up in flames. https://t.co/EYvXDvIVwM

— MightyAmazon Fella (@beans200) November 4, 2024

No official cause documentation has been made public.