SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga – Khartoum court rules end to Sudan's internet blackout

9/11/2021: Radio Dabanga – Khartoum court rules end to Sudan's internet blackout

Ruling on a lawsuit brought on behalf of the Sudanese Consumer Protection Society (SCPS), a court in Khartoum North (Bahri) ordered MTN, Zain, and Sudani - Sudan’s main internet and telecoms providers - to restore internet access, Radio Dabanga report.

According to SCPS director Yasir Mirghani, the internet service providers said armed military personnel entered the control rooms and ordered the internet to be cut off. He condemned this as “unacceptable behaviour” and stressed that the society will demand accountability.

Lawyer Abdelazim Hasan, who raised the complaint on the society’s behalf, said that he and a group of lawyers will work on issuing criminal cases and arrest warrants against the directors of the companies if the internet is not restored.

He called on the Sudanese public to join a lawsuit demanding compensation for the internet outage.