Zimbabwe Experiences BGP Control Plane Disruption Lasting Nearly Four Hours
Zimbabwe’s internet connectivity control plane experienced a significant disruption on Friday, July 18, 2026. The event began at approximately 08:50 UTC and persisted for nearly four hours, with the primary impact observed on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal. The disruption was recorded as resolved…
Zimbabwe’s internet connectivity control plane experienced a significant disruption on Friday, July 18, 2026. The event began at approximately 08:50 UTC and persisted for nearly four hours, with the primary impact observed on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signal. The disruption was recorded as resolved by 12:30 UTC.
Technical Details
The disruption registered a severity score of 313. The affected BGP signal measures the stability and visibility of routing announcements for the country’s internet prefixes on the global control plane. During the event, the BGP median value recorded a drop of approximately 3% from its peak. Other network telemetry signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and backscatter measurements, showed minor concurrent fluctuations but were not the primary indicators of the event.
The cause has not been publicly attributed.
Network connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation period.
