Musk’s Starlink Used by Sudan Paramilitary Group Amid Internet Blackout
E lon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service is being used by Sudan’s para Military Rapid Support Forces amid a nationwide internet blackout that humanitarian agencies say is preventing people from accessing essential help during a brutal 10-month civil war. The RSF, which is battling Sudan’s army, has had access to Starlink Technology since August, according to diplomats and a humanitarian official in the Darfur region, one of whom who has been in contact with the RSF while it used the service. The devices have proliferated since Sudan’s internet went down more than a week ago and are being imported through corridors controlled by the RSF via neighboring Chad and South Sudan, the people said. Videos and pictures of RSF soldiers using the Technology have been posted widely on social media in recent days. Bloomberg couldn’t independently verify the images. Fighting that erupted in Sudan in April has killed more than 12,000 people, destroyed the economy and forced 9 million other ...