SIMs to leaflets: Sudanese find ways to skirt net outage

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

But the blackout imposed after last week’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.

Since the army takeover on Oct. 25, citizens in the north African nation have reported disruptions to both phone and internet, with mobile internet services completely unavailable except for a brief period on Oct. 26.