Mozambique Experienced Brief BGP Disruption on July 27

Mozambique’s internet connectivity experienced a brief control plane disruption on Saturday, July 27. The event lasted approximately 15 minutes, centered around 19:05 UTC, and primarily affected the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).

Technical Details

The disruption recorded a severity score of 201. The affected BGP signal measures the control plane visibility of network prefixes, which dropped by 13% from its peak during the event. Other measurement signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minimal deviation from normal baselines.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Connectivity was reported restored shortly after the event’s onset.