Equatorial Guinea experienced BGP disruption over 1.2 days

Equatorial Guinea experienced a significant Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) disruption beginning on July 14, 2026, at 18:35 UTC. The control plane event lasted approximately 1.2 days, concluding by 00:30 UTC on July 16. The disruption registered a severity score of 4,488.

Technical Details

The primary affected signal was the BGP median, which measures the visibility of network prefixes in the global routing table. The signal recorded a drop in visibility of approximately 3% from its peak during the event. Other network health indicators, including traffic volume (gtr) and IPv4 prefix reachability (ping-slash24), showed lesser concurrent deviations of 24% and 5%, respectively.

Reported Cause

The cause of the disruption has not been publicly attributed.

Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.