Gambia experienced internet connectivity degradation on June 4
Gambia experienced a significant internet connectivity disruption on Wednesday, June 4, 2026. The degradation lasted for approximately eight and a half hours, beginning around 11:30 UTC and concluding near 20:10 UTC. The primary technical impact was a sharp drop in network reachability.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a severity score of 15,000. The most affected metric was the ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 /24 network prefixes. This signal showed a 52% drop from its peak value during the event.
Other network health indicators also showed deviations. The bgp signal, which reflects control plane visibility for network prefixes, recorded a minor 5% drop. The gtr.sarima signal, a forecast of expected traffic volume, deviated from its baseline by -50%. The ucsd-nt signal, a proxy for aggregate connectivity based on backscatter measurements, showed a 55% decline from its peak.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
