Cote D Ivoire Connectivity Disruption Lasted Over Three Hours
Cote D Ivoire experienced a significant internet connectivity disruption in the early hours of Tuesday, August 4, 2026. The event began at 01:10 UTC and lasted for approximately three hours and twenty minutes, with connectivity largely restored by 04:30 UTC. The disruption was characterized by…
Cote D Ivoire experienced a significant internet connectivity disruption in the early hours of Tuesday, August 4, 2026. The event began at 01:10 UTC and lasted for approximately three hours and twenty minutes, with connectivity largely restored by 04:30 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a severe degradation in active network reachability and a concurrent drop in Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) visibility.
Technical Details
The overall severity score for the event was 26,832,628. The primary technical impact was a sharp decline in the ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across the country’s IPv4 address space. This signal recorded a severity score of 8,437, with a measured drop in reachability of 50% from its peak during the observation window.
Simultaneously, the BGP control plane signal, which reflects the visibility of Cote D Ivoire’s IP prefixes to the global routing table, showed a degradation. The BGP signal recorded a severity score of 3,180, with a measured drop of 18% from its peak. The cause of the disruption has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
