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Connections from Burkina Faso in August 2009 were direct to only Senegal, Mali, and Benin (in green). Most other countries in grey were reached by intercontinental connections via Europe, followed by many in teal that go via Europe and N. America. Somalia was reached via Europe, N. and S. America. Burundi was reached via Europe, N. America and E. Asia.
Looking at the Ubuntunet topology , one might expect there to be direct connections between S. Africa andDemocratic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and UgandaZambia. We made a spreadsheet of traceroutes from Pretoria and Johannesburg (S. Africa) to other African countries measured Oct 2013 to hosts (mainly in academic or ISP sites) in 47 different countries in Africa. Of those only Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, and South Africa had direct routes (i.e. not via Europe). So it appears that in particular the more northerly countries: DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia are not connected directly (at least to the hosts/sites we made measurements for).
Burkina Faso routes
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