According to Sudan News** "Sudan Today" local time on February 23**, communication services in the Khartoum area of Sudan's capital were restored on the same day, and users using the MTN service of the telecom operator can make local calls within the capital region, but foreign and international calls and Internet services are still unavailable. Another telecom operator, Sudan Telecom, announced on the 22nd that the company's international calling service will gradually resume, and users will be able to make and receive ** from outside Sudan.
Sudan's three major telecommunications operators – Sudan Telecom, MTN and ZAIN – have experienced widespread disruptions in communications and internet services to Khartoum and 13 central and eastern states since early February. On February 12, Sudan Telecommunications announced that communications and internet services will gradually return to normal in five eastern Sudanese states, including Red Sea State, Northern State, Nile State, Kassala State, and Gadarif State, but service in other areas still needs to be restored. The other two major telecom operators have been slower to recover their services.
On 15 April 2023, armed clashes broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the capital, Khartoum, and the clashes have since spread to other areas and continue to this day. The conflict has caused severe damage to infrastructure such as communication towers and fibre optics in many parts of Sudan, and communications and Internet services have been disrupted several times. (Reporter Zhao Yuanfang).
*: CCTV news client.