Rwanda Experiences Brief Internet Connectivity Disruption
Rwanda experienced a brief but significant internet connectivity disruption on Thursday, June 5, 2026. The event lasted approximately 70 minutes, beginning at 18:00 UTC and concluding by 19:10 UTC. The primary impact was observed in active network reachability measurements across the country’s IPv4 address space.
Technical Details
The disruption recorded a severity score of 1,619. The most affected signal was the ping-slash24 metric, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 /24 network prefixes. This signal showed a 28% drop from its peak value during the observation window, indicating a reduction in successful responses from Rwandan networks.
Other signals showed varied impacts. The gtr-norm signal, which tracks deviation from an expected traffic baseline, fell 71% from its peak. The merit-nt signal, a proxy for aggregate connectivity based on backscatter measurements, dropped to zero. The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane, responsible for routing announcements, remained stable with no observable drop in visible prefixes.
The cause has not been publicly attributed. Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
