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YEMEN: Internet and Telecommunications are NOT Military Targets!

News SMEX January 24, 2022 January 24, 2022

YEMEN is currently plunged in a nationwide internet blackout after Saudi-led airstrikes targeted a telecommunications building in the …

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Internet Access in Sudan is of Unprecedented Importance

News Abed Kataya November 22, 2021 December 8, 2021

Internet services have been partially restored in Sudan after a 20-day shutdown following the coup led by the …

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Yemen: The Race for Censorship

News Mubarak al Yosofy September 20, 2021 September 20, 2021

As the war in Yemen rages on, and while the country is witnessing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis …

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Sudan: No Internet Shutdown Can Cure Corruption [Opinion]

News Mohammed Gamil July 12, 2021 July 12, 2021

The first official exam leak in Sudan occurred in 2003, when mobile phone features were very limited and …

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Another internet blackout in Syria during exams

News Ali Sibai June 3, 2021 June 8, 2021

In recent years, internet outages in Syria have become a familiar, dystopian tradition during the Official High School …

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Israeli Airstrikes Destroyed Internet Infrastructure in Gaza [Report]

News Ali Sibai May 28, 2021 May 29, 2021

When Israeli settlers and the police forces invaded Sheikh Jarrah, Palestinian activists and citizens took it to social …

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Military-Controlled Telecom Sector and Internet Shutdowns in Sudan

News SMEX November 12, 2020 November 17, 2020

Sudanese authorities suspended internet services across the country last September, under the pretext of preventing cheating during the …

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Access to Internet in Yemen: A Constant Struggle

News Mubarak al Yosofy October 27, 2020 November 5, 2020

Rim Talal, a student at the Faculty of Computer and Information Technology, was unable to attend her online …

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#NoExamShutdown: 4 MENA countries shut down the internet so far “to fight cheating”!

News Ali Sibai September 22, 2020 September 28, 2020

This year, governments in the Middle East and North Africa have continued to shut down and throttle the …

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Mapping the telecom outages in Lebanon

News Abed Kataya July 6, 2020 September 28, 2020

Report any telecommunications outage that happens in Lebanon by filling out this form. We will use this information …

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