Burundi Connectivity Disruption Lasted Nearly Seven Hours
Burundi experienced a significant internet connectivity disruption beginning on July 14, lasting nearly seven hours. The event was characterized by a severe degradation in network reachability and a concurrent drop in routing control plane visibility. The disruption began at 17:40 UTC on July 14 and…
Burundi experienced a significant internet connectivity disruption beginning on July 14, lasting nearly seven hours. The event was characterized by a severe degradation in network reachability and a concurrent drop in routing control plane visibility. The disruption began at 17:40 UTC on July 14 and concluded at 00:30 UTC on July 15.
Technical Details
The overall event severity score was 2,851,180. The primary impact was observed in the ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 network prefixes. This signal recorded a severity score of 4,271 between 17:40 and 20:40 UTC, with a measured drop of 44% from its peak reachability level.
A separate but overlapping disruption affected the bgp signal, which tracks the control plane visibility of network prefixes. This signal recorded a severity score of 668 between 20:15 UTC on July 14 and 00:30 UTC on July 15, showing a 3% decline from its peak. The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
