Submarine cable incident record
West Africa cable incident — Confirmed — 2023-08-06
Telecom Namibia’s spokesperson described repair of WACS after the 6 August 2023 break.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- Confirmed regional incident; no cable was deterministically attributed
- Affected countries
- Namibia
- Region
- West Africa
- Network state
- Network signal stale
- Physical state
- Repair in progress confirmed by report
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Repair activity reported:
- 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.