Tanzania partially restores internet after five-day election blackout

Voters wait to cast their ballots at the Maundi polling centre in Stone Town on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania's presidential elections. [AFP]

Tanzania's internet services have been partially restored after a five-day nationwide digital blackout that followed the country's highly contested presidential election.

Cloudflare Radar, a leading internet traffic monitoring platform, announced the partial restoration on Monday evening, noting that "Internet traffic has once again started to increase in Tanzania, climbing after 14:00 UTC. However, we will need to watch and see if connectivity remains available, or if recovery is short-lived, as it was on October 30".