SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters – Sudan court orders restoral of internet, but no sign of services returning

9/11/2021: Reuters – Sudan court orders restoral of internet, but no sign of services returning

Reuters report on the impact of the internet blackout in Sudan, which entered its sixteenth day following the military coup.

The blackout has meant further impunity for attacks in Darfur, said Adam Rojal, spokesman for the Coordinating Committee for Refugees and Displaced People, with at least four people killed in over 10 militia attacks in Darfur, with more injured and sexually assaulted.

“The lack of internet is allowing them to commit so many violations without accountability. We used the internet to document and report and that would make them a little bit scared," he said, adding that the blackout was also affecting camp residents economically by making it impossible for them to request or receive money from family abroad.

Local resistance committees that organised protests since the coup say the blackout has made organising difficult, even as they use graffiti, flyers, and neighbourhood marches to get the word out.