Somalia Experiences BGP Control Plane Disruption

Somalia experienced a disruption to its Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane in the early hours of August 2, 2026. The event lasted for approximately two hours, beginning at 01:20 UTC and concluding by 03:25 UTC. The disruption registered a severity score of 128, primarily impacting the visibility of network prefixes.

Technical Details

The event was characterized by a degradation in the bgp.median signal, which measures the control plane visibility for network prefixes. The signal recorded a drop of approximately 1% from its peak. Concurrently, other measurement signals showed varying levels of impact. The gtr-norm signal, which tracks deviations from expected traffic baselines, fell by 80% from its peak. The merit-nt signal, a proxy for aggregate connectivity, dropped by 89% from its peak. The ping-slash24 signal, measuring ICMP reachability across IPv4 /24 prefixes, showed a 9% drop from its peak.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Network conditions were reported restored by the end of the observation period.