The Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced a disruption in its Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane visibility on August 30, 2026. The event began at 05:00 UTC and lasted for nearly two hours, concluding by 06:55 UTC. The disruption registered a severity score of 175, with the primary impact observed on the BGP signal.
Technical Details
The event was characterized by a degradation in the BGP median signal, which measures the control plane visibility for internet routing prefixes. The signal recorded a drop of 2% from its peak during the observation window. Other network measurement signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minor fluctuations but no significant correlated outages. The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Network connectivity was reported restored following the two-hour disruption.
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