Niger Experiences Brief Connectivity Disruption

Niger experienced a short-lived connectivity disruption in the early hours of Saturday, August 15, affecting the network’s control plane visibility. The event began at 02:55 UTC and lasted for approximately one hour and thirty-five minutes, concluding by 04:30 UTC.

Technical Details

The disruption registered a severity score of 96. The primary affected signal was the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) median, which measures the control plane visibility for network prefixes. The signal recorded a drop magnitude of -1% from its peak, with values fluctuating between 196 and 198 during the observation window from 22:30 UTC on August 14 to 04:30 UTC on August 15.

Other measurement signals showed varying levels of impact. The ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 /24 prefixes, recorded a -15% drop from its peak. The gtr-norm signal, a forecast deviation from expected traffic baseline, saw a -65% drop. The merit-nt signal, an aggregate connectivity proxy based on backscatter measurements, recorded the most significant deviation with a -90% drop from its peak.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

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