Sudan

Dr. Tom Catena, the only surgeon for approximately 1,3 million people in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan, Sudan announced the opening of a medical training school in the rebel-held territory during 2021.

Sudan has joined the United Nation's Better Than Cash Alliance in order to accelerate the transition from cash to digital payments. Importantly, digital payments will be used for the Sudan Family Support Program.

Since 2011, almost half of the pages dedicated to African countries on Reddit, the world’s 20th-most popular website, are run by a Canadian. Without any luck to changes this, users of the Eritrean subreddit started a campaign that has managed to get enough traction to get a response.

Internet shutdowns have enormous social, legal, ethical, and political implications. Rhetoric about national Internet sovereignty can be dangerous because it can enable authoritarian governments to cut off access to crucial communications tools.

The UN Human Rights Council has unequivocally condemned measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt access to or dissemination of information online in Sudan. This comes after the military ordered telecommunications companies to cut off the Internet.

As protestors continued with a pro-democracy strike in Khartoum, Sudan's military cut off the last remaining Internet connections amid reports of them killing and raping civilians.

Women in Sudan have been resisting the controls placed on them for some time - by using their smart phones and social media to trade.