Instant messaging app WhatsApp is currently facing a glitch as thousands of users have reported challenges in sending and receiving messages.

Some users who have taken to Twitter to complain about the problem say they are unable to send both personal and group messages.

An outage detection website DownDetector has confirmed the communication app owned by Meta is not working for thousands of users across the globe.

Social media users from Ghana, Kenya, India, Italy and other countries have posted about not being able to send messages.

Both on mobile and on desktop, users have not been able to deliver messages. Some receive only one tick on their private messages.

WhatsApp is down! Don't tamper with your devices.

“We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble sending messages and we’re working to restore WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as possible,” says Meta spokesperson, Joshua Breckman, acknowledging the issue. #JoySMS pic.twitter.com/rLoFEmcXr4

— Joy 99.7 FM (@Joy997FM) October 25, 2022

Meanwhile, the company has said it is working to restore the app for users.

“We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble sending messages and we're working to restore WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as possible," said a spokesperson of Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram besides WhatsApp.

WhatsApp is currently trending number on Twitter in Ghana. Below are some reactions:

When your WhatsApp is playing up but you come to Twitter and see that everyone else is having the same problem #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/pMcJm0Zn56

— Jamie (@GingerPower_) October 25, 2022

everyone's coming to twitter to see what had happened to whatsapp🤣 #whatsapp pic.twitter.com/0ws29yDehn

— glyano_nstaa (@glyano_) October 25, 2022

I'm not the only one who opened twitter to check if WhatsApp was down then

— joanne (@JoannaJessie3) October 25, 2022

How are we going to communicate since Whatsapp is down?
Professor : and that's where Twitter comes in#WhatsApp #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/be1X7aUWhW

— 👌⭐👑 (@superking1815) October 25, 2022

Whatsapp users coming to Twitter because their Whatsappis down. pic.twitter.com/qpXUlepAGj

— Akosua💙💙 (@Boahemaabetty) October 25, 2022

Everyone who noticed #whatsapp is down have come to twitter to confirm it.#WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/OeKnmgxcVj

— Vijay Agarkar (@VijayAgarkar1) October 25, 2022

me after turning my wifi on and off for 15 minutes when it was actually whatsapp that's down. #WhatsAppDown #WhatsApp pic.twitter.com/JZNk7caTtE

— sheryl (@sherylsethi) October 25, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg right now trying to fix WhatsApp pic.twitter.com/F0Ca5KSb2T

— auto_cabinet (@auto_cabinet) October 25, 2022

Mark Zuckerburg looking at y’all resetting your Network because your WhatsApp messages ain’t flying 😹 pic.twitter.com/Zs1a7QRIx9

— Random Ugandan (@random_ugandan) October 25, 2022

Who else turned on Airplane mode then off to confirm if WhatsApp is still working 😂😂

— Mejja Genge (@_Okwonkwo) October 25, 2022

WhatsApp engineers at the moment #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/mQdl1fYJ35

— Rex NBA (@RexNBA01) October 25, 2022

#whatsappdown
Every time other apps are done, people run to Twitter #WhatsApp #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/N01NwODKhJ

— Amrindar singh (@Amrindarsingh6) October 25, 2022

Your internet and phone weren't the problem 😂😂😂 #WhatsApp #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/1GkFn9Hw4E

— Vijay Agarkar (@VijayAgarkar1) October 25, 2022