Niger Experiences Brief BGP Control Plane Disruption

Niger experienced a brief disruption to its internet routing infrastructure early Wednesday, centered on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane. The event began at approximately 04:50 UTC and lasted for about one hour and forty-five minutes, concluding by 06:35 UTC.

Technical Details

The disruption registered a severity score of 107. The primary affected signal was BGP, which measures the control plane visibility and stability of internet routing prefixes. A drop in the BGP signal indicates a reduction in the number of network paths being advertised or visible globally. Other network health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minor fluctuations but were not the core signals of the event.

The cause has not been publicly attributed. No specific operational issues or external events were reported by national authorities or service providers in connection with the timing of the disruption.

Routing stability was reported restored by the end of the observation period.