Submarine cable incident record
West Africa cable incident — Confirmed — 2024-03-14
MTN/Bayobab reported operations and capacity restored by rerouting and activating alternative cables after 14 March disruptions.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- Confirmed regional incident; no cable was deterministically attributed
- Affected countries
- Not identified in the published evidence
- Region
- West Africa
- Network state
- Network recovered; physical repair not confirmed
- Physical state
- Physical state not confirmed
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Network recovered: — this does not confirm physical repair.
Original supporting evidence
Public-network measurements can support a Suspected record but cannot prove a physical cable fault or repair. Network recovery can result from rerouting and does not establish physical repair. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.