The Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced a brief but notable disruption to its internet routing infrastructure on September 1, 2026. The event, centered on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), lasted approximately 20 minutes, starting at 16:55 UTC.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a severity score of 26. The affected BGP signal measures the stability of routing announcements for the country’s internet prefixes, a key component of the control plane that directs global traffic. During the event, the median number of visible BGP paths dropped by approximately 2% from its peak. Other network health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minimal deviation during the same observation window from 14:30 to 20:30 UTC.
Reported Cause
The cause of the routing disruption has not been publicly attributed.
Routing stability was reported restored by 17:15 UTC.
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