Ethiopia Reports BGP Control Plane Disruption Lasting 45 Minutes

Ethiopia experienced a brief but significant disruption to its internet routing infrastructure early Tuesday, affecting the control plane visibility of its network prefixes. The event occurred between 03:45 and 04:30 UTC on July 22, 2026, with a primary impact on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal.

Technical Details

The disruption recorded a severity score of 250. The affected BGP signal, which measures the stability and visibility of network routing announcements, showed a 6% drop from its peak during the observation window. Other network health indicators, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed lesser concurrent deviations. The cause has not been publicly attributed.

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