Angola sustained a significant, long-running network disruption from August 14 to August 27, 2026. The event, which lasted over 12 days, primarily impacted a key backscatter measurement signal used as a proxy for aggregate connectivity. The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Technical Details
The disruption was observed from 14:00 UTC on August 14 until 00:30 UTC on August 27. The primary affected signal, which measures backscatter traffic as an indicator of overall network activity, recorded a severity score of 1,623,947 and showed a 61% drop from its peak value. Other network health indicators showed more modest deviations during the period. Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane visibility remained stable, showing no observable drop. Active probing for IPv4 reachability across /24 prefixes showed a minor 7% decline from its peak.
The disruption remained ongoing at last observation.
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