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Restoration of internet access to the embattled Tigray region is still not been done and no time has been set for internet access, according to Ethiopian authorities
Restoration of internet access to the Tigray region is still not done and no time has been set for internet access, according to Ethiopian authorities.
The restoration of Tigray’s internet service will be carried alongside the resumption of its phone and electricity services. No date has been set for those goals, observed Ethiopia’s Minister for Innovation and Technology, Belete Molla, while he was speaking at the U.N.’s annual Internet Governance Forum being held this week in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
The minister told at the meeting that the government of Ethiopia was designing a package that was not only about internet resumption but the restoration of everything. Tigray has been mostly without internet, telecommunications, and banking since war broke out between federal government troops and forces led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in November 2020. The region’s population is around five million.
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As reported by www.trendsnafrica.com, a ceasefire deal was signed between the warring sides in South Africa earlier this month. It has instructed the Ethiopian government to restore Tigray’s basic services. However, the communications blackout has not yet been lifted. Renewed fighting in August halted aid deliveries to Tigray. Aid has now started reaching the region. However, the World Food Program (WFP) said last week that access to parts of Tigray remains “constrained.”
