South Sudan bowed to public pressure on Friday and said it was reversing its decision to block Facebook and TikTok.
“Of course this decision did not go down very well with the public and we have taken into account the concern from citizens and human rights groups,” he added.
Demonstrations erupted in the capital Juba last week over reports that clashes in neighbouring Sudan had killed 29 South Sudanese.
The protests turned violent with people looting Sudanese-owned businesses.
Anger spread across the impoverished nation, with officers opening fire to disperse crowds and later detaining hundreds of looters.
South Sudan broke away from its northern neighbour in 2011 and has faced severe economic and political instability ever since.
Hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese fled to Sudan but the civil war that broke out there in 2023 has seen many travel back over the border.
Most of the million people who have fled Sudan’s war over the southern border have been South Sudanese returning to their home country, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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