Internet access has been restricted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region after renewed fighting broke out, officials said, reviving the isolation that characterised the two‑year civil war that ended in 2022.
Authorities have limited mobile data, social‑media platforms and other online services as clashes intensified, making it difficult for residents to communicate with the outside world and for journalists to verify developments on the ground.
During the previous two‑year conflict, which began in November 2020, the region was completely cut off from external communications, with no internet, telephone service or independent news reporting available to the population.
Tigray, home to several million people, is Ethiopia’s most northerly region and has been at the centre of the country’s most severe humanitarian crisis in recent years, with displacement, food insecurity and limited health services reported throughout the war.
The renewed internet restrictions are expected to hamper humanitarian coordination and independent reporting, echoing the communication blackout that marked the earlier civil war and raising concerns among aid agencies about the flow of information and assistance.
<small>Source: BBC Africa — read the original story there.</small>
