Somalia Experiences BGP Control Plane Disruption

Somalia experienced a disruption to its internet routing infrastructure early on July 26, 2026. The event, which affected the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane, lasted for approximately two hours and forty minutes. The disruption began at 01:50 UTC and concluded by 04:30 UTC.

Technical Details

The event registered a severity score of 327. The primary affected signal was the BGP median, which measures the control plane visibility of internet routing prefixes. This signal recorded a drop of 4% from its peak value during the observation window. Other network telemetry signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and traffic volume forecasts, showed minor concurrent fluctuations but were not the primary indicators of the event.

The cause has not been publicly attributed.

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