Sudan Goes Offline As Anti-Government Protests Spread

Protesters have been using Twitter and Facebook to organize.



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Sudan's government is widely suspected of abruptly cutting off the country's internet Wednesday, in an effort to stop protests from spreading across the country.



Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Sudan in recent weeks, most of them using Twitter and Facebook to organize. Using the hashtags #and #sudanrevolts, to spread the word, organizers said they have managed to circumvent the country's infamous security forces.



"We used the methods we saw used in Egypt and Tunisia. We know we too deserve the chance to show the world that we deserve democracy," said one activist, who reached out to Buzzfeed last week in an email. "This has spread beyond our imagination, the Sudanese people want this."



The Sudanese government would not verify that it had shut down the country's internet, and activists in Sudan could not be reached Wednesday for confirmation. On Twitter, some reported reaching family members through text messages:
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