Burundi connectivity disruption lasted over four hours
Burundi experienced a significant internet connectivity disruption on Saturday, August 1, 2026. The event began at approximately 04:20 UTC and lasted for over four hours, with the most severe impacts recorded between 07:30 and 08:30 UTC. The disruption affected both the control plane and data…
Burundi experienced a significant internet connectivity disruption on Saturday, August 1, 2026. The event began at approximately 04:20 UTC and lasted for over four hours, with the most severe impacts recorded between 07:30 and 08:30 UTC. The disruption affected both the control plane and data plane of the country’s internet infrastructure.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a total severity score of 613,620. The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal, which measures the visibility of network prefixes in the global routing table, showed a 20% drop in visibility. This occurred in two distinct periods, with a combined severity score of 565.
Active probing for reachability across IPv4 /24 prefixes, measured by the ping-slash24 signal, recorded a more severe impact with a 52% drop in reachable networks. This signal recorded a severity score of 3,089 during the final hour of the event. The cause has not been publicly attributed.
The disruption was reported resolved by 08:30 UTC.
