Mali experienced a significant internet connectivity disruption on Friday, July 4, 2026. The degradation began at 21:50 UTC and lasted for approximately two hours and forty minutes, with connectivity returning to normal levels by 00:30 UTC on July 5. The event was characterized by a sharp drop in active network reachability.
Technical Details
The disruption recorded a severity score of 3,429. The primary affected metric was the ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 network prefixes. This signal showed a 26% drop from its peak value during the event. The Merit-nt backscatter measurement, an aggregate connectivity proxy, recorded a complete 100% drop to zero. Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane visibility remained stable throughout the incident, with no observed withdrawal of network prefixes. The gtr-norm signal, which tracks deviation from expected traffic baselines, showed a 28% decline.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
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