Mobile internet services cut in Sudan amid calls for anti-coup rallies
Internet and mobile services appeared to be disrupted in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Sunday ahead of planned protests against military rule, the witnesses told reporters.
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- Published Date: 12:59 | 02 January 2022
- Modified Date: 01:44 | 02 January 2022
Sudanese authorities cut mobile internet services on Sunday amid calls for pro-democracy rallies in "memory of the martyrs" killed in recent protests.
Web monitoring group NetBlocks said the mobile internet was cut from mid-morning ahead of the planned protests, the first of the year.
Sudan has been gripped by turmoil since military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan launched a coup on October 25 and detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
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