Published 09/29/2022 6:45:28 a.m.

FEATURE-Six million silenced: A two-year internet outage in Ethiopia

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Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has been cut off since fighting erupted in November 2020. The conflict resumed last month after a months-long humanitarian truce, dashing hopes for communications to be restored. The head of the World Health Organization said he had been unable to reach his relatives back home, or send them money.

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Reuters

FEATURE-Six million silenced: A two-year internet outage in Ethiopia

She had just been crowned world champion, but Ethiopian marathon runner Gotytom Gebreslase broke down in tears when asked if her family was celebrating her win back home in war-torn Tigray.

09/29/2022 12:00:00 a.m.·United Kingdom

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Times Live

Six million silenced: A two-year internet and phone outage in Ethiopia

She had just been crowned world champion, but Ethiopian marathon runner Gotytom Gebreslase broke down in tears when asked if her family was celebrating her win back home in war-torn Tigray.

09/29/2022 6:41:45 a.m.·Johannesburg, South Africa

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bdnews24.com

Six million silenced: A two-year internet outage in Ethiopia

Even the head of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who hails from Tigray, said he had been unable to reach his relatives back home, or send them money

09/29/2022 6:45:28 a.m.

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context.news

Six million silenced: A two-year internet outage in Ethiopia

As fighting rages on in Ethiopia's Tigray region, one of the world's longest telecommunications shutdowns is hampering aid deliveries and keeping families apart

09/29/2022 9:48:48 a.m.

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