Fighting in northern Ethiopia spurs fears of blackout and blockade
- Tigray was cutoff from the world during the 2020-2022 civil war, which killed around 600,000 people.
- Fears of a communications blackout in northern Ethiopia have increased as fighting flares between the federal military and forces from the Tigray region and their allies.
- Telecom and internet networks were reported to have stopped working on Friday as the conflict threatened to develop across the country into a full-scale war.
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- Tigray was cutoff from the world during the 2020-2022 civil war, which killed around 600,000 people.
- Fears of a communications blackout in northern Ethiopia have increased as fighting flares between the federal military and forces from the Tigray region and their allies.
- Telecom and internet networks were reported to have stopped working on Friday as the conflict threatened to develop across the country into a full-scale war.
Sources: Al Jazeera