SIMs to leaflets: Sudanese find ways to skirt Internet outage

Sudanese youths wave a national flag as they protest in the streets of the capital Khartoum, amid ongoing demonstrations against a military takeover that has sparked widespread international condemnation. Netblocks said the Internet disruptions persisted on Nov 4, 11 days post-coup, calling the network disruptions consistent with an Internet shutdown. — AFP

NAIROBI: Phones are dodgy, mobiles are dead and the Internet is frozen.

But the blackout imposed after last month’s military takeover is not stopping Sudanese citizens from talking to each other and the outside world, using international SIM cards, relatives and the wider diaspora to relay critical information.