Cote D Ivoire Connectivity Disruption Lasted 11 Days

Cote D Ivoire experienced a significant, prolonged degradation in internet connectivity beginning on August 4. The disruption, which lasted approximately 11 days, was characterized by a severe drop in network reachability and routing visibility before recovery was observed by August 15.

Technical Details

The event registered a high overall severity score of 166,217,702,691. Two key network measurement signals were affected. The ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 network blocks, recorded a severity score of 664,073. The bgp signal, which monitors the visibility of network routes in the global control plane, recorded a severity score of 250,300. Both signals showed degradation from their peak performance levels during the same 11-day period.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.