National shutdown
Mobile Data
The three-hour disruption in Internet access began after activists called for anti-corruption protests against the government, demanding the resignation of President Salva Kiir. The Minister of Information, Communication and Postal Services denied a government-mandated shutdown, attributing the outage to technical problems. Amnesty International suspects the shutdown may have been a deliberate attempt to derail the protests, which the armed forces prevented from taking place.
- Total Duration 3 hours
South Sudan
- Population
- 11,943,408
- UN Classification
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- Least Developed Country
- Land Locked Developing Country
Local impact
The three-hour disruption in Internet access began after activists called for anti-corruption protests against the government, demanding the resignation of President Salva Kiir. The Minister of Information, Communication and Postal Services denied a government-mandated shutdown, attributing the outage to technical problems. Amnesty International suspects the shutdown may have been a deliberate attempt to derail the protests, which the armed forces prevented from taking place.
Other supporting information
It’s difficult to measure the effect of local/regional Internet shutdowns as most measurements are done at a country level.
Social media
#Internet disruption in #SouthSudan 🇸🇸 on August 29 follows activists calling for protests aganst the government.@fastly traffic to @MTNSSD dropped to near zero between 1900-2200 GMT.https://t.co/8oJCrVEl7k pic.twitter.com/E9ieVcA7hd
— David Belson (@[email protected]) (@dbelson) August 30, 2021