Musk Urged to Keep Starlink Active in Sudan for Life-Saving Aid
- Humanitarian groups depend on Starlink to carry out their work
- The devices have entered country via Chad and South Sudan
A Starlink satellite system.
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Nearly 100 front-line humanitarian organizations in Sudan are appealing to Elon Musk’s Starlink service to remain operational so they can offer life-saving care to millions trapped in areas grappling with an internet blackout.
SpaceX’s Starlink sent emails to customers around the world last month warning that it would restrict roaming in jurisdictions where the service wasn’t licensed. Among those was Sudan, where humanitarian and human-rights groups depend on the commercial satellite network to carry out their work amid a devastating civil war.