Mobile messenger service WhatsApp experienced widespread technical disruptions on Tuesday.
Users of the service in many countries reported on Twitter and other channels that they could no longer send messages.
Nigerians and other users of the instant communication app, owned by Meta, had reported that they were unable to either receive or send messages.
Tuesday’s outage began around 8:00 am with several of the users heading to other social media platforms like Twitter to lament the development. Both the mobile and web versions of the app experienced similar issues.
But the services were restored around 10:00 am (just over two hours after the crash).
Similarly, in Germany, many also reported a breakdown of the WhatsApp platform on the portal Allestörungen.de, which collected information on internet service breakdowns.
The reason for the disruption in several countries was not known.
The service, which belongs to the Facebook group Meta and is widely used around the world, did not initially comment on the outage. (dpa)
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