Maroc Telecom West Africa cable: latency up to 3.8× normal, 25 Apr 2026
What we measured
| Cable | Maroc Telecom West Africa |
| Segment | Libreville, GA → Casablanca, MA |
| Detected | 2026-04-25 23:01 UTC |
| Resolved | 2026-04-26 02:31 UTC |
| Duration | 3h 29m |
| Observed latency | 238.6 ms |
| Baseline | 195.9 ms · 3.75× |
| Increase | +284% |
| Severity | warning |
Who is affected
Countries where Maroc Telecom West Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin resilience index: 37 · vulnerable |
1 of 3 cables (33% of submarine diversity) | Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), SAT-3/WASC | average 173 ms over 30 days |
| Côte d’Ivoire resilience index: 49 · vulnerable |
1 of 6 cables (17% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), MainOne +2 more | no measurement today; median 158 ms over 30 days (42 routes) |
| Gabon resilience index: 48 · vulnerable |
1 of 5 cables (20% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), Libreville-Port Gentil Cable +1 more | no measurement today; median 158 ms over 30 days (2 routes) |
| Morocco resilience index: 92 · resilient |
1 of 8 cables (13% of submarine diversity) | Atlas Offshore, Canalink, EllaLink +4 more | no measurement today; median 109 ms over 30 days (35 routes) |
| Togo resilience index: 37 · vulnerable |
1 of 3 cables (33% of submarine diversity) | Equiano, West Africa Cable System (WACS) | average 39 ms over 30 days |
Dependence is structural (share of the country's submarine cables), not a traffic share: real traffic distribution across cables is not public.
Path analysis
Traffic kept the same route. Latency rose without a visible path change, which points at congestion or a fault on the existing route rather than a reroute.
Cross-probe verdict. Other measurements did not confirm the event. We treat this as a probable false positive and label it as such.
Timeline
- Alert 2026042501: warning - ratio 3.75x
- Alert #95 improving: 1/3 consecutive OK
- Alert #95 improving: 2/3 consecutive OK
- Alert #95 resolved: RTT 238.63ms (baseline 195.93ms), 4 consecutive OK
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.