Niger experienced a brief disruption to its Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. The event, which affected the country’s control plane visibility, lasted for approximately 30 minutes, beginning at 13:30 UTC.
Technical Details
The disruption was recorded with a severity score of 30. The primary affected signal was BGP, which measures the control plane visibility and stability of advertised network prefixes. During the event, the BGP signal showed a 5% drop from its peak value. Other network signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume measurements, remained within normal operational ranges for the duration of the observation window from 10:30 to 16:30 UTC.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by 14:00 UTC.
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