Submarine cable incident record
Africa Coast To Europe Ace, Mainone, West Africa Cable System Wacs — Confirmed — 2024-07-11
A published report describes multiple submarine cable breaks near Abidjan affecting WACS, ACE, MainOne and SAT3 and disrupting African connectivity.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- Africa Coast To Europe Ace, Mainone, West Africa Cable System Wacs
- Affected countries
- Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Lesotho, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa
- Region
- West Africa
- Network state
- Network signal stale
- Physical state
- Physical fault confirmed by report
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Network record became stale: — physical state unchanged.
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.