South Sudan Experienced Brief BGP Disruption on July 19

South Sudan experienced a brief disruption to its internet routing infrastructure on Saturday, July 19, 2026. The event, which lasted approximately 40 minutes, primarily affected the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), a critical system for directing traffic between networks.

Technical Details

The disruption occurred between 13:10 and 13:50 UTC. The BGP signal, which measures the control plane visibility of network prefixes, recorded a severity score of 105. This signal dropped by 3% from its peak during the observation window.

Other connectivity metrics showed minimal impact. The ping-slash24 signal, which measures ICMP reachability across IPv4 network blocks, saw a 7% drop. The merit-nt signal, a backscatter measurement that serves as a proxy for aggregate connectivity, recorded a more significant percentage drop but from a very low baseline. The cause has not been publicly attributed.

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