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· Telecom services have been re-started in parts of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, which had seen heavy violence due to the clash between Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) with the federal forces
· Ethio Telecom yesterday (2 December) said that its services had partially been resumed in six towns – Maykadra, Shiraro, Humera, Dansha, Turkan and Maytsebri adding. In Alamata, telecom service has been fully resumed. Abiy Ahmed said that the federal army has captured back the Tigray capital, Mekelle
· Reports from the region indicate that there were extensive damages to infrastructure including telecom and it would take some time to bring it back to normalcy
Telecom services have been re-started in parts of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, which had seen heavy violence due to the clash between Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) with the federal forces. The Ethiopian government claimed that they could flush out the recalcitrant elements from the region and was monitoring the movements of people escaped from the region to other terrains. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed assured that the country was prepared to face any eventualities.
In the meantime, Ethio Telecom yesterday (2 December) said that its services had partially been resumed in six towns – Maykadra, Shiraro, Humera, Dansha, Turkan and Maytsebri adding. In Alamata, telecom service has been fully resumed. Abiy Ahmed said that the federal army has captured the Tigray capital, Mekelle.
Reports from the region indicate that there was extensive damage to infrastructure including telecom and it would take some time to bring it back to normalcy. The resumption of the telecom services is done using alternative power solutions including solar power, wherever possible for recharging mobile batteries and after conducting necessary maintenance and rehabilitation works on damaged telecom infrastructure. The Ethiopian government is presently assessing the extent of damage. Sources say it could be extensive going by the informal reports collated from different places in the region, particularly due to aerial bombings. Ethiopia has cut the internet thrice this year. In two cases it was due to targeted outages and once due to a national blackout in late June through much of July.
Ethiopia had opened a humanitarian corridor to assist persons affected by the operation. On December 2, the government agreed a deal to give unrestricted access to the United Nations to help with the delivery of critical humanitarian assistance to affected areas.
