Past

National shutdown

Sudan cut off Internet access for the third consecutive year as students took their national exams. Mobile operator Zain Sudan notified its customers of the disruption, and data compiled by Cloudflare showed national traffic dipping from 08:00 to 11:00 local time (UTC +2) on each exam day. Following this shutdown, the government again blocked Internet services at the end of the month, 30 June, as protesters marked the first anniversary of the military coup that derailed the country’s transition to civilian rule.

  • Total Duration 3 hours

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Population
50,042,791
UN Classification
  • Least Developed Country

Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Not Free

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Local impact

Sudan cut off Internet access for the third consecutive year as students took their national exams. Mobile operator Zain Sudan notified its customers of the disruption, and data compiled by Cloudflare showed national traffic dipping from 08:00 to 11:00 local time (UTC +2) on each exam day. Following this shutdown, the government again blocked Internet services at the end of the month, 30 June, as protesters marked the first anniversary of the military coup that derailed the country’s transition to civilian rule.

Other supporting information

Cloudflare Radar shows drops in Internet traffic in Sudan for the first four days of the exam period.

Screenshot of Cloudflare Radar chart showing Internet traffic for Sudan from 7 to 14 June 2022.
Chart — Screenshot of Cloudflare Radar chart showing Internet traffic for Sudan from 7 to 14 June 2022. Source: Cloudflare.

Google's Transparency Report shows similar drops in traffic to its services for these days.

Time series graph showing traffic from Sudan to Google web search from 7 to 24 June.
Chart - Internet traffic to Google Services from Sudan between 7 to 24 June 2022. Source: Google.

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