GPS jamming in Africa today

Last updated: 7 November 2026, 04:50 UTC

Africa today: 14.0% of monitored areas are affected.

Background

This page counts only the African countries with enough aircraft to measure on most days: South Africa, Morocco, Algeria, Kenya, Senegal, Tunisia and Botswana. Egypt, which also has steady data, is counted under the Eastern Mediterranean. Across much of the continent too few aircraft and receivers report for a hexagon to appear, so a blank map there means no data, not no interference.

The African Civil Aviation Commission told ICAO's Assembly in 2022, on behalf of 54 states, that interference can limit the benefits of satellite-based augmentation in Africa and that some reports describe it crossing international borders (ICAO A41-WP/304, 2022). IATA said in July 2025 that its flight data showed a safety risk beyond the areas in EASA's bulletin, naming the Cape Town and Kano flight regions in Africa (IATA, 2025). EASA's tables of 14 October 2026 name African regions mainly in the north-east and the Horn, such as Asmara, Khartoum, Mogadishu and Addis Ababa, and none of the seven countries above (EASA, 2026).

Most affected areas

Place	Share affected	Aircraft affected
Open sea	13.3%	2 of 15
Open sea	11.8%	2 of 17

Africa: with few aircraft, one report can give a hexagon a high share; see the limitations.

By altitude

Africa: Mostly low altitude: points to local, low-power jammers. How this is read.

Aircraft observations by barometric altitude, latest update
Altitude	Aircraft	Share affected
Below 5,000 ft	273	4.4%
5,000 to 15,000 ft	1,764	2.6%
15,000 to 30,000 ft	3,051	2.1%
Above 30,000 ft	7,302	0.8%

Africa: an aircraft is counted in each layer it crosses, so the rows do not add up.

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Nearby

Pages near Africa: South Africa, Morocco, Algeria, Kenya, Senegal.

Regions. Methodology.

By country: South Africa, Morocco, Algeria, Kenya, Senegal, Tunisia and Botswana.

Africa. Low reported accuracy points to interference but does not prove it, and the map cannot locate a transmitter or say who is responsible. How the map is made.