The Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced a brief but notable disruption to its Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane on August 18. The event began at 21:00 UTC and lasted approximately 20 minutes, registering a severity score of 22.
Technical Details
The disruption was isolated to the BGP signal, which measures the visibility of network routing prefixes in the global control plane. The signal recorded a drop of 1% from its peak during the observation period. Other connectivity metrics, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minimal deviation from normal baselines.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Network control plane activity was reported as stable following the brief event.
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