August 25
Sudan: Comms Blackout Across Sudan As Rains Damage Essential Fiber Optic Cable Hub
Cable outages attributed to heavy rains and flash floods in the Haiya area of Sudan's Red Sea state, have continued across much of the country for the second day in a row.… Read more »
July 23
Sudan: Sudan War - Telecom Tower in Khartoum Bombed?
Social media sites posted contradictory videos on 'the burning of the communications tower' at the Blue Nile in El Manshiya neighbourhood in north-eastern Khartoum on Saturday… Read more »
June 19
Sudan: North Kordofan Sees Fragile Calm Amidst Network Restoration
The city of Um Rawaba in North Kordofan state experienced a tentative calm after recent armed clashes, with the return of the Zain Communications network on Monday marking a… Read more »
February 22
Sudan: Internet Blackout Hinders Aid Distribution to Civilians
The ongoing internet and communications blackouts in most of Sudan have severely compromised efforts to provide humanitarian aid to civilians in Jebel Aulia, south of the capital… Read more »
February 19
Sudan: Communications Blackout Continues in Large Parts of Sudan
The total telecommunications and internet blackout continues in Khartoum, El Gezira, Blue Nile region and other parts of Sudan. The outages are causing a severe cash crisis in the… Read more »
February 13
Sudan: Communications Blackout - El Sudani Network Restored
El Sudani announced the gradual restoration of telecommunication and internet networks "to all cities of Sudan without exception" yesterday. The Sudatel terrestrial fibre optic… Read more »
February 08
Sudan: Satellite Internet Services Surge in Sudan
Intermittent, unreliable, and non-existent internet and communication connections, that have plagued Sudan and Darfur since the outbreak of the war, have prompted a proliferation… Read more »
February 06
Sudan: RSF Denies Being Behind Communication Blackout in Sudan
Zain's telecommunications and Internet service returned for a short while to Port Sudan yesterday evening after a day-long outage, while Sudani and MTN continued to be cut across… Read more »
February 05
Sudan: Sudan Communications Blackout Widens Amid Accusations
The El Sudani and MTN telecommunication and Internet networks continued to be cut off across the country for the second day yesterday. Nearly two thirds of the country's population… Read more »
February 04
Sudan: Phone, Internet Falters in Eastern Sudan
Subscribers to El Sudani and MTN communication and internet providers complain service interruptions in El Gezira, Sennar, and large parts of eastern Sudan since Friday morning.… Read more »
December 07, 2023
Sudan: Paramilitary RSF Claims to Have Seized Country's Telecoms
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced yesterday it took control of the database centre of Sudatel (Sudan Telecommunications Group), raising many questions regarding the threat… Read more »
December 01, 2023
Sudan: War Plunges South Darfur Communications Into 'Medieval Abyss'
A complete breakdown in mobile phone and internet connections that has plagued Nyala, capital of South Darfur and Sudan's second-largest city, since the early days of the war that… Read more »
August 14, 2023
Sudan: RSF Pages Removed From Facebook 'For Violating the Policy of Dangerous Organisations and Individuals'
Facebook's owner Meta has removed the official pages of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and its leader Lt Gen Mohamed 'Hemedti' Dagalo, as well as other accounts related to the… Read more »
July 03, 2023
Sudan: The Apps That Aid Solidarity Among Sudanese
Despite more than two months of suffering, the war has highlighted the great solidarity amongst Sudanese people through countless initiatives aimed at mitigating the humanitarian… Read more »
June 11, 2023
Sudan: Satellite 'Observatory' to Monitor Sudan Conflict
The US Department of State officially launched Sudan Conflict Observatory platform, a remote monitoring platform "to provide independent, expert reporting on conflict activity in… Read more »
May 23, 2023
Sudan: Communication Problems in Darfur As Clashes Continue
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May 12, 2023
Sudan: Khartoum Witnesses Calm After Fierce Fighting, New Internet Breakdown
After fierce battles on Wednesday, in particular in the northern part of the Sudanese capital, large parts of Khartoum witnessed relative calm yesterday morning. NetBlocks reported… Read more »