BLACKOUT MAP

Internet outage history

DR Congo

Operational 39/39 hosts up since Oct 16, 2026 10:00 UTC

Every disruption Blackout Map has recorded in DR Congo since monitoring began on October 16, 2026, with reported government shutdowns and submarine cable incidents.

Live status of DR Congo RSS feed

Haut-Katanga — Operational · 2/2 hosts upIturi — Operational · 2/2 hosts upLualaba — Operational · 2/2 hosts upSouth Kivu — Operational · 2/2 hosts upTanganyika — Operational · 2/2 hosts upTshopo — Operational · 2/2 hosts upNorth Kivu — Operational · 3/3 hosts upKinshasa — Operational · 15/15 hosts up
Regions right now Operational Degraded Partial outage Blackout Each dot is a state or province we measure separately, coloured by its status now; bigger dots have more hosts. The country is shaded in its overall status.
0incidents recorded
0total disruption
—longest incident
5regional outages
52outages measured since 2022
2reported shutdowns since 2019

Overview

Last 90 days

Worst status per day, last 90 days
Aug 1, 2026 Operational Degraded Partial outage Blackout Not monitored yet Today

Daily reachability

last 30 days
Oct 16Oct 230%50%100%
Hosts uplowest hour

Our probes · hosts reachable

last 72 hours
Oct 27Oct 280%50%100%

IODA · routes and active probing, % of normal

last 72 hours
Oct 27Oct 280%50%100%
BGP routesActive probingIODA (Georgia Tech)

Latency from our server (Germany)

last 72 hours
Oct 27Oct 280 ms150 ms300 ms
Latency25–75%

The same measurements as the live panel, per 30 minutes. Times in UTC.

Incidents

All incidents

our probes and IODA

No disruptions recorded in DR Congo since monitoring started on October 16, 2026.

Regional outages · our probes

Outages in one state or province while the rest of DR Congo stayed online, measured by our own probes. Hosts are placed by IP geolocation (DB-IP), which is sometimes off.

RegionStarted (UTC)DurationWorst level
TanganyikaOct 27, 2026 08:0535 min Blackout
TshopoOct 24, 2026 20:351 hour Blackout
TshopoOct 22, 2026 20:2550 min Blackout
South KivuOct 19, 2026 06:0525 min Blackout
TshopoOct 17, 2026 00:4530 min Blackout

Attacks and context

Context only — they don't change the status above.

DDoS attacks aimed at DR Congo · 7 days

Oct 22Oct 23Oct 24Oct 25Oct 26Oct 27Oct 280%50%100%
Network DDoSWeb attacksCloudflare Radar

Per hour; each line is relative to its own busiest hour of the week (100%). Context only — attacks never change a country's status.

Web attacks from
ORANGE RDC 21% · Vodacom Congo 19% · CELTEL DRC 12%

Routing incidents · 7 days · Cloudflare Radar

1 possible hijacks of networks in DR Congo, 5+ route leaks involving it.

  • Oct 28 22:32 AS36926 (KE) · 1 address blocks · confidence 10/10

Natural disasters · GDACS

Right now

Long-term history

Before our monitoring: IODA archive

52 incidents · 5 blackouts · 28 partial outages

Outages in DR Congo detected by IODA (Georgia Tech) between January 2022 and the start of our own monitoring: drops in the country's internet routes (BGP) or in its reachability from IODA's active probing, compared with the day before. Each is checked against IODA's signal; small dips are left out.

Started (UTC)DurationWorst levelEvidence
Jun 20, 2026 11:402 hours BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 29% of normal
Jan 10, 2026 08:3040 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 73% of normal
Jan 10, 2026 06:202 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 76% of normal
Jan 2, 2026 12:3555 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Dec 26, 2025 19:2030 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 67% of normal
Oct 31, 2025 06:2040 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 67% of normal
Aug 10, 2025 07:3030 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 83% of normal
Jul 24, 2025 08:5020 min BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 14% of normal
Mar 29, 2025 10:103 hours BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 29% of normal
Mar 25, 2025 22:103 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 86% of normal
Mar 25, 2025 20:101 hour DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 80% of normal
Dec 27, 2024 17:5040 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 91% of normal
Show all 52
Started (UTC)DurationWorst levelEvidence
Oct 9, 2024 11:3535 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal
Oct 3, 2024 16:4040 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 77% of normal
Apr 18, 2024 05:057 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 91% of normal
Nov 19, 2023 12:403 hours BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 19% of normal
Sep 1, 2023 15:1030 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Aug 13, 2023 12:2032 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Aug 6, 2023 17:356 days Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 75% of normal
Jul 15, 2023 07:503 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 87% of normal
Apr 30, 2023 14:5025 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Jan 14, 2023 21:4520 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Jan 13, 2023 20:306 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Jan 13, 2023 05:1535 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Jan 12, 2023 19:1550 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Jan 12, 2023 07:054 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Jan 11, 2023 22:553 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Dec 6, 2022 07:2041 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 92% of normal
Nov 25, 2022 06:102 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal
Nov 14, 2022 00:003 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Nov 5, 2022 05:506 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 76% of normal
Oct 29, 2022 23:356 days Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Oct 23, 2022 06:505 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Oct 22, 2022 18:5025 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Oct 15, 2022 01:2532 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Oct 5, 2022 00:252 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Aug 31, 2022 02:3530 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Aug 29, 2022 22:053 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Aug 1, 2022 19:5017 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Jul 27, 2022 05:5550 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Jul 26, 2022 21:108 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Jul 26, 2022 01:457 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Jul 2, 2022 05:1040 min BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 43% of normal
Jul 1, 2022 19:2530 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Jun 25, 2022 21:104 days Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Jun 25, 2022 04:408 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Jun 24, 2022 02:003 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Jun 13, 2022 00:257 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Apr 26, 2022 17:1039 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal
Apr 18, 2022 03:0525 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 74% of normal
Mar 11, 2022 15:1030 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 54% of normal
Mar 1, 2022 11:2040 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 77% of normal

Government shutdowns and blocks

since 2019

The Internet Society Pulse tracker records 2 government-ordered shutdowns or blocks in DR Congo since 2019.

  • Apps and websites blocked (TikTok, X (Twitter)), since Feb 1, 2025 — 9 days
  • Regional internet shutdown in North Kivu (Internet Services, Mobile Internet Services), since Jan 27, 2025 — 4 days

Shutdown data provided by Internet Society. Pulse

Submarine cable incidents

No submarine cable incidents recorded for DR Congo.

Cable incidents: GeoCables (CC BY 4.0). Context only — they never change a country's status.