Sudani and MTN announced the network outage in the country without mentioning the reasons for the sudden outage. The Mashad Center for Human Rights in Sudan condemned the Rapid Support Forces’ cutting of communication networks and the infringement on the main exchanges of telecommunications companies.
Sudanese human rights organizations and activists expressed their concern that the ongoing internet outage would affect the humanitarian conditions. An expert and former official in the Sudanese Communications Authority told Al Jazeera that the Rapidsupport Forces have already ordered the Sudan andMTN Communications companies to cut off communication and Internet services for 36 million subscribers.