South Sudan Experiences Brief BGP Connectivity Disruption

South Sudan experienced a brief but significant disruption to its internet routing infrastructure on Friday, July 25, 2026. The event, which primarily affected the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), lasted approximately 20 minutes, starting at 15:50 UTC and concluding by 16:10 UTC.

Technical Details

The disruption registered a severity score of 70. The BGP signal, which measures the control plane visibility of a country’s internet prefixes, showed a 4% drop from its peak visibility during the observation window. Concurrent measurements of ICMP reachability across IPv4 address blocks also recorded an 11% decline from its peak, though this signal did not trigger the primary alert. The event was confined to a single, short-duration incident.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Connectivity was reported restored following the brief event.