Sudan internet cuts complicate civil disobedience campaign against coup

Sudanese pro-democracy groups on Sunday launched two days of civil disobedience and strikes in protest against last month’s military coup, although participation appeared to be limited by interruptions to internet and phone connections.

In a sign of the potential for the coup to unravel efforts to end decades of internal conflict, armed rebel factions that signed a peace deal last year rejected the coup and called for the ending of a state of emergency.

The commander of the powerful Rapid Support Forces, who is the No. 2 man in Sudan’s military, came out in support of the takeover in a midnight speech posted on Facebook.