Democratic Republic of the Congo experiences brief BGP disruption

The Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced a brief but notable disruption to its internet routing infrastructure on Thursday, August 14, 2026. The event, which lasted approximately one hour, primarily affected the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), a critical system for directing traffic across networks.

Technical Details

The disruption occurred between 10:20 and 11:20 UTC. The BGP signal, which measures the control plane visibility of network prefixes, recorded a severity score of 65 during the event. A concurrent, more significant drop of 60% was observed in the backscatter measurement signal, a proxy for aggregate network connectivity. The ICMP reachability signal across IPv4 address blocks showed a 6% reduction, while traffic volume deviated 30% below its expected baseline.

The cause has not been publicly attributed. Connectivity was reported restored following the one-hour disruption.