Kenya’s internet routing infrastructure experienced a brief disruption on August 18, 2026, affecting the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane. The event was observed between 19:40 and 20:30 UTC, with a total duration of approximately 50 minutes.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a severity score of 303. The primary affected metric was the BGP signal, which measures the control plane visibility and stability of announced IP prefixes. The BGP prefix count dropped by approximately 6% from its peak during the event. Other network health indicators, including active probing reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minimal to no deviation from their normal baselines.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Network routing stability was reported restored by the end of the observation window.
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