Internet connectivity in Sudan is close to “almost complete collapse”, according to NetBlocks

23 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –

Internet connectivity in Sudan is close to “an almost total collapse”, as denounced this Sunday by NetBlocks, in the context of the clashes that broke out on April 15 between the Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

“Confirmed. Real-time network data shows a near collapse of Internet connectivity in Sudan, with national connectivity at two percent of usual levels,” the organization said.

Thus, he stressed in a message published on his account on the social network that “the incident takes place at a time when foreign diplomats are evacuated in the midst of fighting between the Army and paramilitary forces.”

Over the past few hours, the United States has evacuated all diplomats and their families from its embassy in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, while suspending its operations. Spain already has planes in Djibouti prepared to undertake the evacuation mission when the situation allows.

The hostilities broke out in the context of an increase in tensions around the integration of the RSF –led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, alias ‘Hemedti’, who is also vice president of the Sovereign Transition Council– within the Forces Armed Forces, a key part of an agreement signed in December to form a new civilian government and reactivate the transition.

The talks process began with international mediation after the head of the Army and president of the Sovereign Transition Council, Abdelfatá al Burhan, led a coup in October 2021 that overthrew the then prime minister of unity, Abdalá Hamdok, appointed to the charge as a result of contacts between civilians and the military after the April 2019 riot, which ended 30 years of the regime of Omar Hasan al Bashir.