No mobile data in Burkina Faso

Published November 23, 2021 (updated: December 1, 2021) in .

Authorities in Burkina Faso issued a creed to shutdown access to the Internet through mobile networks for 96 hours starting 20th of November. The following shows how this decision affected traffic and usage through the Burkina Faso Internet eXchange Point and CAIDA IODA, as well as disruptions to accessing services provided by Google and Cloudflare. The pattern reflect the high reliance on mobile data in the country, effectively cutting most of the population of the Internet.

Burkina Faso Internet Exchange Point (BFIX)

CAIDA IODA

https://ioda.caida.org/ioda/dashboard#view=inspect&entity=country/BF&lastView=overview&from=-5d&until=now

Google Transparency Report

https://transparencyreport.google.com/traffic/overview?fraction_traffic=start:1636934400000;end:1637711999999;product:19;region:BF&lu=fraction_traffic

Cloudflare Radar