Submarine cable incident record
West Africa cable incident — Confirmed — 2023-08-17
WIOCC confirmed damage to WACS, SAT-3 and ACE and restored affected clients via Equiano capacity.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- Confirmed regional incident; no cable was deterministically attributed
- Affected countries
- 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.