Ethiopia experiences BGP control plane disruption
Ethiopia experienced a disruption to its internet control plane visibility early on August 2, 2026. The event began at 01:55 UTC and lasted for approximately 2.6 hours, ending by 04:30 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a significant degradation in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)…
Ethiopia experienced a disruption to its internet control plane visibility early on August 2, 2026. The event began at 01:55 UTC and lasted for approximately 2.6 hours, ending by 04:30 UTC. The disruption was characterized by a significant degradation in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal.
Technical Details
The event registered a severity score of 858. The primary affected signal was BGP, which measures the visibility of network routing information in the global control plane. During the event, the BGP median value dropped by 6% from its peak. Other network health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and backscatter traffic measurements, showed less pronounced deviations.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
