Cameroon Internet Connectivity Disrupted for Over an Hour

Cameroon experienced a significant internet connectivity disruption on Thursday, lasting over an hour. The event began at 19:25 UTC and concluded by 20:30 UTC, primarily impacting the network control plane. The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Technical Details

The disruption recorded a severity score of 1,182. The primary affected signal was the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), which measures the control plane visibility of network prefixes. The BGP signal showed an 18% drop from its peak activity level during the event. Other network health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and backscatter traffic measurements, also registered declines of approximately 10% and 65% from their respective peaks.

The disruption remained ongoing at last observation.