South Sudan experienced a disruption to its internet control plane visibility in the early hours of Thursday, August 20, 2026. The event began at 03:45 UTC and lasted for approximately 45 minutes, concluding by 04:30 UTC. The primary impact was observed on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal, which provides a view of network routing announcements.
Technical Details
The disruption recorded a severity score of 120. The affected BGP signal measures the visibility of network routing prefixes in the global control plane. During the event, the median BGP visibility metric dropped by approximately 3% from its peak. Concurrent measurements of active IPv4 prefix reachability, known as ping-slash24, showed a more modest 9% decline from its peak but remained within operational ranges.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
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