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Ian Wafula BBC World Service
Africa security correspondent, BBC News, Nairobi
The internet has been restored in parts of Sudan after a week-long blackout, but many areas remain largely offline. The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, has sent a diplomatic mission to Senegal to discuss the postponement of its presidential elections.
Last week the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - who are at war with the army - denied cutting services across the country. The delegation will meet local officials and politicians.
A watchdog that monitors internet freedom, Netblocks, says one network is now back online. Senegal's President Macky Sall decided to push back the polls earlier this month. The opposition described the move as a constitutional coup.
According to Sudanese journalist Tayseer Elbdawi, only four of Sudan's 18 states are back online. It led to protests in which at least three people were reportedly killed.
The blackout has left people in Sudan unable to access essential services, like transferring money. Nigeria's president, Bola Tinubu - who is the current Ecowas chair - was also due to visit Dakar, but his trip has reportedly been delayed.
There have been fears that the lack of communications could allow both sides in the conflict to commit atrocities. The RSF and the military routinely deny such accusations. More on Senegal:
'We feel betrayed by President Macky Sall'
Why West Africa's united front is in tatters
Senegal on the brink after elections postponed
Senegal's Ousmane Sonko - youth hero or rabble-rouser?
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