Côte d’Ivoire Connectivity Disruption Lasted Four Days
Côte d’Ivoire experienced a significant, multi-day degradation in internet connectivity beginning on August 4. The disruption, which lasted approximately four days, was characterized by a severe impact on network reachability and a notable drop in traffic volume.Technical DetailsThe connectivity event began around 01:10 UTC on…
Côte d’Ivoire experienced a significant, multi-day degradation in internet connectivity beginning on August 4. The disruption, which lasted approximately four days, was characterized by a severe impact on network reachability and a notable drop in traffic volume.
Technical Details
The connectivity event began around 01:10 UTC on August 4 and persisted until 00:30 UTC on August 8. The overall severity score for the disruption was 21,785,851,262. The event primarily affected two key network signals.
The ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 network prefixes, recorded a severity score of 240,417 during the event. Concurrently, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane, responsible for routing visibility, showed a severity score of 90,617. A separate traffic volume forecast model, gtr.sarima, indicated a deviation from the expected baseline, with the gtr-norm signal dropping by approximately 15% from its peak. The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
