DEMOCRACY DERAILED - Sudan's precarious information environment, 2019-2022 - Tessa Knight, DFRLab, and Lujain Alsedeg, Code for Africa

Civil the lens of the 2018–19 revolution, the subsequent transition, and political rights were quashed by the ruling National Congress the 2021 coup, and the downward political spiral through the Party (NCP), ensuring al-Bashir’s regime maintained tight control end of 2022, immediately preceding the violence that kicked over the Sudanese population. [...] to improve the image of the Sudanese military, both locally and internationally.16 According to the contract, the goal was to “assure that you attain recog- nition as the legitimate transitionary leadership of the Republic of the Sudan and create a supervisory role for your council.”17 The lobbying firm was also hired to secure funding for Sudan’s military equipment, influence US policy in favor o. [...] Several media outlets reported that a majority of protesters With the wide participation of women in the 2018 protests during the 2018 uprising were women; according to a came a promise by the transitional government to increase report by the Chr. [...] Some members plain-clothed members of the security forces who harassed of the group were charged with defamation against a TV or abused protesters, asking for information about the presenter; the case was settled, however, and the group men.49 In most instances, the group would uncover the continues to operate.52 49 Iliana Hagenah, “How the Women-Only Facebook Group Minbar-Shat Helped Overthrow th. [...] A judge dismissed the TRPA’s argument, instead issuing returned to court to file a class action suit against the telecom- a warrant for the arrest of the chief executive officers of the munications providers; on July 9, thirty-six days after the start telecommunication companies responsible for denying citi- of the blackout, a court ordered the restoration of mobile in- zens access to the internet.