The services of the three telecommunications companies operating in Sudan were disrupted on Sunday in most parts of Sudan. Although Zain was operating in some areas, MTN and Sudani announced in separate statements a complete outage of telecommunications and internet services for unspecified technical reasons. The danger of interruption of communication services comes from the fact that the majority of the population relies on banking applications to conduct their daily lives in light of the lack of liquidity and the closure of most banks and ATMs, specifically in the capital Khartoum and the cities and regions of central Sudan.
It is noteworthy that the war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, which broke out in mid-April, is exercising massive destruction of many facilities, bridges and other infrastructure and public buildings, as a result of aerial and ground bombardments by the conflicting sides.
The interruption of communication services has raised great concerns, as the majority of the population relies on banking applications to conduct their daily lives in light of the lack of liquidity and the closure of most banks and ATMs, especially in Khartoum and the cities and regions of central Sudan.
Since the outbreak of war between the army and the RSF in mid-April, many installations, bridges and other infrastructure and public buildings have been massively destroyed as a result of aerial and ground bombardments by the conflicting sides.
Most residential neighbourhoods, markets and industrial facilities, as well as electricity and water networks in more than 60 percent of the capital’s districts, have also been damaged by the destruction.
The Rapid Support Forces disrupted the main central exchange of Sudatel in Khartoum, disrupting Sudani’s telephone services, and occupying the headquarters of MTN.
According to the website, the RSF threatened telecommunications companies with destroying all their exchanges if service was not restored to the Darfur region within 72 hours.
The networks are expected to go out of service, leading to an almost total halt to communication services in Sudan, and the RSF did not comment on the news.
