Equatorial Guinea connectivity disruption lasted over six days

A prolonged connectivity disruption in Equatorial Guinea began on July 14 and persisted for more than six days. The event, which started at 18:35 UTC, was characterized by a significant degradation in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane. The disruption remained ongoing at the last observation on July 21 at 00:30 UTC.

Technical Details

The disruption recorded a severity score of 22,488. The primary affected signal was BGP, which measures the control plane visibility and routing announcements for the country’s internet prefixes. The BGP signal remained at a constant, low level of 117 visible prefixes throughout the event, indicating a sustained reduction in advertised routes.

Other network health signals showed less severe impacts. The ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across active IPv4 address blocks, saw a minor 5% drop from its peak. The gtr-norm signal, a forecast deviation from an expected traffic baseline, recorded a more substantial 53% drop from its observed peak.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

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