Kenya experienced a brief disruption to its internet routing infrastructure on the evening of August 29, 2026. The event, which lasted approximately one hour, primarily affected the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane. The disruption began at 20:25 UTC and concluded by 21:25 UTC.
Technical Details
The event registered a severity score of 359, with the primary impact observed on the BGP signal. The BGP signal measures the control plane visibility and stability of internet routing prefixes. During the disruption, the number of visible BGP routes dropped by approximately 6% from its peak. Other network health indicators, including active probing reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minimal deviation during the same observation window.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored following the one-hour event.
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