Equatorial Guinea Connectivity Disruption Lasted Over Four Days

Equatorial Guinea experienced a significant, prolonged disruption to its international internet connectivity beginning on July 14. The event, which lasted over four days, was characterized by a severe degradation in the visibility of the country’s routing information on the global internet.

Technical Details

The disruption was observed from 18:35 UTC on July 14 until 00:30 UTC on July 19, a duration of approximately 4.2 days. The primary technical indicator affected was the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal, which measures the control plane visibility of a country’s internet prefixes. The event registered a severity score of 15,288. Concurrently, a traffic volume forecast model recorded a deviation from its expected baseline, with normalized traffic levels dropping by up to 25% from their peak during the observation period. Active probing for reachability across IPv4 address blocks showed a more modest 5% reduction.

The cause has not been publicly attributed. The disruption was reported as resolved by the end of the observation window.