Apagón nacional
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.
Impacto local
Sudán cortó el acceso a Internet por tercer año consecutivo mientras los estudiantes realizaban sus exámenes nacionales. El operador de telefonía móvil Zain Sudán notificó a sus clientes la interrupción, y los datos recopilados por Cloudflare mostraron que el tráfico nacional caía entre las 08:00 y las 11:00 hora local (UTC +2) de cada día de exámenes. Tras esta interrupción, el gobierno volvió a bloquear los servicios de Internet a finales de mes, el 30 de junio, cuando los manifestantes conmemoraban el primer aniversario del golpe militar que descarriló la transición del país a un régimen civil.
Otra información complementaria
El radar de Cloudflare muestra caídas en el tráfico de Internet en Sudán durante los cuatro primeros días del periodo de exámenes.
El Informe de Transparencia de Google muestra caídas similares en el tráfico a sus servicios durante estos y los otros días en los que la conectividad a Internet se vio afectada.
Redes sociales
#Internet services will be cut off throughout #Sudan during the secondary certificate #exams, for a period of three hours per day. pic.twitter.com/g2JQFyf9aV
— Enass Muzamel (@EnassMuzamel2) June 10, 2022
أعزاءنا المُشتركين، تنفيذاً لقرار النائب العام سيتم إيقاف خدمة الإنترنت خلال جلسات امتحانات الشهادة السودانية .
— ZainSudan (@ZainSudan) June 10, 2022
تمنياتنا بالتوفيق للطُلاب المُمتحنين .#زين_السُودان pic.twitter.com/LoO3XtOPid
Multiple exam-related Internet disruptions this week:
— Cloudflare Radar (@CloudflareRadar) June 13, 2022
- Sudan saw third consecutive daily shutdown.
- Next shutdown in Syria expected tomorrow.
- Algeria not implementing full shutdowns this year. However, network-level graphs indicate minor disruption between 0700-1000 UTC. pic.twitter.com/wdTRAeq8XL
Authorities in Sudan have announced that they plan on shutting down the internet during exam hours for 11 days, starting tomorrow. #KeepItOn #NoExamShutDown
— Access Now (@accessnow) June 10, 2022
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#Sudan switches off #internet during exam hours for 11 days so as to 'combat cheating' in the Secondary Certificate Exams. The exams started on June 11 and will run until June 22. Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Syria have also previously deployed similar blackouts during national exams pic.twitter.com/KQOXfLjlF2
— The Observer (@observerug) June 13, 2022
