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Sudan (the)

2 February, 2024 14:15 (97 days) - active

 
Local Impact

Internet services have been disrupted again in Sudan amidst an increase in fighting intensity and violence. The measurements below reflect a drop in connections and traffic in the country, with the two major Internet Service Providers, Sudatel and MTN, going completely dark. The two networks have 53% and 21% of the Internet market share, respectively.

Data and Analysis

Below are three charts from Cloudflare Radar showing a drop in Internet traffic in Sudan and two of its major Internet Service Providers, Sudatel and MTNSD, from 2 February 2024.

Figure 1 — Internet traffic trends in Sudan from 29 January to 6 February 2024. Source: Cloudflare Radar
Figure 2 — Internet traffic trends for Sudatel from 29 January to 6 February 2024. Source: Cloudflare Radar
Figure 3 — Internet traffic trends for MTNSD from 29 January to 6 February 2024. Source: Cloudflare Radar

This degradation in connectivity was confirmed by IODA’s Internet Connectivity testing and Google Transparency Report, which show a significant drop in Internet connectivity in the country and to Google Web Search services.

Time series graph showing a drop in Internet connectivity for Sudan as seen by IODA
Figure 4 — IODA Internet Connectivity Report for Sudan from 23 Jan to 5 Feb. Source: IODA
Time series graph showing a drop in Internet traffic to Google web search in Sudan as seen by Google
Figure 5 — Google Transparency Report showing traffic for Google web searches originating from Sudan. Source: Google
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