Central African Republic Connectivity Disruption Lasted 90 Minutes

The Central African Republic experienced a connectivity disruption on Tuesday, July 29, 2026. The event began at 10:20 UTC and lasted for approximately 90 minutes, ending at 11:50 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a degradation in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane.

Technical Details

The event registered a severity score of 667. The primary affected signal was BGP, which measures the visibility of network prefixes in the global routing control plane. The BGP signal recorded a 7% drop from its peak visibility during the observation window. Concurrently, active probing for ICMP reachability across IPv4 /24 prefixes showed a more significant 53% drop in reachable networks. Traffic volume, measured against a forecast baseline, also deviated, showing a 77% drop from its expected peak.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Connectivity was reported restored by late morning UTC.