🇪🇹 Internet and call services disrupted in Ethiopia's Tigray after fighting resumes

Internet and call services have been disrupted in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region following clashes this week between regional forces and the national army. State-owned Ethio Telecom services were completely cut, while Safaricom remained operational, according to the BBC. NetBlocks said network data indicated a sub-national internet shutdown in northern Tigray, and Reuters sources said the Tigray People's Liberation Front ordered the blackout, allegedly to disrupt government drones.

Clashes broke out on Wednesday after the TPLF, which on Sunday announced an alliance with six other armed groups to oust the government, seized three airports from federal police. The two-year war in Tigray ended in 2022 after a conflict estimated to have killed about 600,000 people, and Ethiopian Airlines has now cancelled all flights to the region.

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