DR Congo Experiences BGP Control Plane Disruption
Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced a disruption to its internet control plane on July 10, 2026. The event, centered on Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing, lasted for approximately two and a quarter hours, beginning at 21:40 UTC. The disruption registered a severity score of 141, with the most significant impact occurring in the first two hours.
Technical Details
The primary affected metric was the BGP control plane signal, which measures the visibility of network prefixes to the global routing system. The signal’s median value dropped by 2% from its peak, indicating a reduction in advertised routes. The event consisted of two distinct periods of degradation, from 21:40 to 23:35 UTC and a shorter period from 23:40 to 23:55 UTC.
Other network signals showed varying levels of impact during the observation window. The normalized traffic volume signal, a proxy for overall data flow, recorded an 80% drop from its peak. A separate backscatter measurement signal, another aggregate connectivity proxy, fell by 100% from its peak. The ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 network blocks, showed a more modest 5% decline.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Network conditions were reported restored by the end of the observation period.
