South Sudan blocks social media for videos from Sudan-Morden
South Sudan blocks social media for videos from Sudan-Morden
The authorities in South Sudan have blocked access to social media for at least 30 days after videos, the alleged murders of South Sudanese citizens Show in Sudanese El Tira and have conducted fatal retaliation.
measures of the authorities
The blockade should come into force on Wednesday, such as Napoleon Adok, the general director of the national communication authority, told in a letter to Internet service providers. He explained: "This is the result of the recent unrest in Sudan, who have suspended the South Sudanese population about social media to an unprecedented level of extreme violence."
effects on users and services
Customers of the mobile operator MTN Südsudan and Zain cannot access them on Facebook, TikTok and other platforms for a maximum of 90 days, the companies announced in explanations on Wednesday. A reporter from Reuters in Juba could not reach both Facebook and Tiktok. At least 16 Sudanese citizens were killed in the past week when the country broke out in the capital Juba and other cities in the country.
violence and retaliation measures
young people in several cities looted and devastated shops that were operated by Sudanese citizens, and set up several houses on fire, the police authorities report. This was done as a retaliation for the supposed participation of the Sudanese army and ally groups in the murders in El Tischira.
reaction of the Sudanese army
The Sudanese army condemned the incidents in El Tischira referred to as "individual cases". The popular South Sudanese musician Isaac Anthony Lumori, known as MC Lumoex, commented on the consequences of the social media blockade: "The influence is enormous because I am heavily dependent on social media as an artist."
appeal to the government
he added: "My message to the government is to look for an amicable path to solve this problem, especially by taking the government of the Sudan to ensure that (whose) army does not behave so that it does not take human life."