Burundi Experiences Brief BGP Control Plane Disruption

Burundi experienced a brief but significant disruption to its internet routing infrastructure on Monday. The event, centered on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane, lasted approximately 50 minutes, beginning at 11:40 UTC and concluding by 12:30 UTC.

Technical Details

The disruption registered a severity score of 133. The primary affected signal was BGP median, which measures the control plane visibility of a country’s internet routing prefixes. The signal recorded a drop of approximately 3% from its peak during the observation window. Other network signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minor concurrent fluctuations but were not the primary indicators of the event.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

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