Ever since the beginning of the military operation that began in the Sinai Peninsula after the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, against what the army called "extremist elements," there has been a media blackout regarding the events going on in this vital part of Egypt and the crises that its citizens are suffering from.
According to Mustafa Senger, a political activist from the Sinai, one of the most important problems is that mobile phone and Internet networks have stopped working. He told Al-Monitor there has not been consistent mobile phone and Internet coverage since the beginning of the army crackdown in July 2013, and that since August, connections have been cut in the Sinai daily from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.