Incident report · 2026031504
2Africa cable: latency anomaly, 15 Mar 2026
Resolved · 1d 0h
What we measured
| Cable | 2Africa |
| Segment | Dublin, IE → Dublin, IE |
| Detected | 2026-03-15 14:33 UTC |
| Resolved | 2026-03-16 15:32 UTC |
| Duration | 1d 0h |
| Observed latency | 32.6 ms |
| Baseline | 32.6 ms · 1× |
| Increase | +131% |
| Severity | warning |
Who is affected
Countries where 2Africa comes ashore, how much of their submarine diversity this cable represents, and what our measurements into them show.
| Country | Dependence on this cable | Other submarine cables | What the measurements show |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola resilience index: 80 · resilient |
1 of 5 cables (20% of submarine diversity) | SAT-3/WASC, South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), Unitel North Submarine Cable (UNSC) +1 more | no measurement today; median 193 ms over 30 days (3 routes) |
| Bahrain resilience index: 62 · moderate |
1 of 7 cables (14% of submarine diversity) | FALCON, Fiber Optic Gulf (FOG), Fibre in Gulf (FIG) +3 more | no measurement today; median 63 ms over 30 days (6 routes) |
| Comoros resilience index: 60 · moderate |
1 of 5 cables (20% of submarine diversity) | Avassa, Comoros Domestic Cable System, Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy) +1 more | average 236 ms over 30 days |
| Côte d’Ivoire resilience index: 49 · vulnerable |
1 of 6 cables (17% of submarine diversity) | Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), MainOne, Maroc Telecom West Africa +2 more | no measurement today; median 158 ms over 30 days (42 routes) |
| Congo - Kinshasa resilience index: 78 · resilient |
1 of 5 cables (20% of submarine diversity) | Lake Albert 1, Lake Albert 2, Lake Tanganyika +1 more | average 241 ms over 30 days |
| Djibouti resilience index: 68 · moderate |
1 of 12 cables (8% of submarine diversity) | Aden-Djibouti, Africa-1, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) +8 more | no measurement today; median 165 ms over 30 days (40 routes) |
| Egypt resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 25 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | Africa-1, Aletar, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1) +21 more | no measurement today; median 155 ms over 30 days (59 routes) |
| France resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 35 cables (3% of submarine diversity) | Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), Africa-1, Amitie +31 more | median 67 ms today vs 71 ms over 30 days (666 routes) - unchanged |
| Gabon resilience index: 48 · vulnerable |
1 of 5 cables (20% of submarine diversity) | Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), Libreville-Port Gentil Cable, Maroc Telecom West Africa +1 more | no measurement today; median 158 ms over 30 days (2 routes) |
| Ghana resilience index: 49 · vulnerable |
1 of 6 cables (17% of submarine diversity) | Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), Glo-1, MainOne +2 more | median 151 ms today vs 159 ms over 30 days (18 routes) - unchanged |
| Greece resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 21 cables (5% of submarine diversity) | Adria-1, ANDROMEDA, Apollo East and West +17 more | median 85 ms today vs 67 ms over 30 days (71 routes) - slower |
| India resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 24 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1), Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG), Bharat Lanka Cable System +20 more | median 174 ms today vs 139 ms over 30 days (225 routes) - slower |
| Iraq resilience index: 45 · vulnerable |
1 of 4 cables (25% of submarine diversity) | FALCON, Fibre in Gulf (FIG), Gulf Bridge International Cable System/Middle East North Africa Cable System (GBICS/MENA) | median 92 ms today vs 105 ms over 30 days (169 routes) - unchanged |
| Italy resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 38 cables (3% of submarine diversity) | ANDROMEDA, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1), Barracuda +34 more | median 94 ms today vs 81 ms over 30 days (374 routes) - slower |
| Kenya resilience index: 66 · moderate |
1 of 9 cables (11% of submarine diversity) | Africa-1, Daraja, Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1) +5 more | median 217 ms today vs 187 ms over 30 days (225 routes) - slower |
| Kuwait resilience index: 56 · moderate |
1 of 6 cables (17% of submarine diversity) | FALCON, Fiber Optic Gulf (FOG), Fibre in Gulf (FIG) +2 more | no measurement today; median 71 ms over 30 days (32 routes) |
| Madagascar resilience index: 75 · resilient |
1 of 5 cables (20% of submarine diversity) | Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1), Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy), Lower Indian Ocean Network (LION) +1 more | no measurement today; median 190 ms over 30 days (5 routes) |
| Mozambique resilience index: 61 · moderate |
1 of 4 cables (25% of submarine diversity) | Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1), Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy), SEACOM/Tata TGN-Eurasia | median 222 ms today vs 227 ms over 30 days (7 routes) - unchanged |
| Nigeria resilience index: 67 · moderate |
1 of 8 cables (13% of submarine diversity) | Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), Equiano, Glo-1 +4 more | median 141 ms today vs 176 ms over 30 days (84 routes) - faster |
| Oman resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 20 cables (5% of submarine diversity) | Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1), Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG), Daraja +16 more | no measurement today; median 109 ms over 30 days (44 routes) |
| Pakistan resilience index: 61 · moderate |
1 of 9 cables (11% of submarine diversity) | Africa-1, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1), IMEWE +5 more | median 181 ms today vs 158 ms over 30 days (50 routes) - unchanged |
| Portugal resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 21 cables (5% of submarine diversity) | Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), Azores Fiber Optic System (AFOS), BUGIO +17 more | median 76 ms today vs 89 ms over 30 days (621 routes) - unchanged |
| Qatar resilience index: 83 · resilient |
1 of 9 cables (11% of submarine diversity) | Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1), FALCON, Fiber Optic Gulf (FOG) +5 more | median 159 ms today vs 166 ms over 30 days (40 routes) - unchanged |
| Congo - Brazzaville resilience index: 33 · land links |
1 of 2 cables (50% of submarine diversity) | West Africa Cable System (WACS) | average 165 ms over 30 days |
| Saudi Arabia resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 25 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | Africa-1, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1), EMC West-1 +21 more | median 147 ms today vs 146 ms over 30 days (58 routes) - unchanged |
| Senegal resilience index: 45 · vulnerable |
1 of 5 cables (20% of submarine diversity) | Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), MainOne, SAT-3/WASC +1 more | median 128 ms today vs 199 ms over 30 days (31 routes) - faster |
| Seychelles resilience index: 40 · vulnerable |
1 of 3 cables (33% of submarine diversity) | PEACE Cable, Seychelles to East Africa System (SEAS) | median 252 ms today vs 242 ms over 30 days (29 routes) - unchanged |
| Somalia resilience index: 69 · moderate |
1 of 6 cables (17% of submarine diversity) | Africa-1, Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1), Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy) +2 more | median 21 ms today vs 28 ms over 30 days (7 routes) - faster |
| South Africa resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 14 cables (7% of submarine diversity) | Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1), Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy) +10 more | median 211 ms today vs 150 ms over 30 days (444 routes) - slower |
| Spain resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 39 cables (3% of submarine diversity) | Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), Almería-Melilla (ALME), Alpal-2 +35 more | median 73 ms today vs 82 ms over 30 days (294 routes) - unchanged |
| Sudan resilience index: 45 · vulnerable |
1 of 5 cables (20% of submarine diversity) | Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy), FALCON, Saudi Arabia-Sudan-1 (SAS-1) +1 more | no measurement today; median 632 ms over 30 days (5 routes) |
| Tanzania resilience index: 55 · moderate |
1 of 5 cables (20% of submarine diversity) | Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1), Eastern Africa Submarine System (EASSy), SEACOM/Tata TGN-Eurasia +1 more | no measurement today; median 145 ms over 30 days (72 routes) |
| United Arab Emirates resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 22 cables (5% of submarine diversity) | Africa-1, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1), Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) +18 more | median 79 ms today vs 117 ms over 30 days (213 routes) - faster |
| United Kingdom resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 68 cables (1% of submarine diversity) | Amitie, Apollo, Atlantic Crossing-1 (AC-1) +64 more | median 103 ms today vs 74 ms over 30 days (1011 routes) - slower |
Dependence is structural (share of the country's submarine cables), not a traffic share: real traffic distribution across cables is not public.
Path analysis
No usable traceroute data for this window.
Cross-probe verdict. Too few independent vantage points were watching this endpoint to reach a cross-probe verdict.
Timeline
- Alert #16: warning - Blackpool
- Alert #16 resolved: Blackpool
Detection method
Latency is sampled continuously from our probe network. An alert opens when round-trip time to a monitored endpoint holds above its rolling baseline, and closes automatically once it returns. Full method is described on the methodology page.
How to cite
GeoCables (2026). Incident 2026031504: 2Africa. https://geocables.com/incident/2026031504
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