Ethiopia shuts down mobile Internet during protests
Sep, 21, 2023
Hi-network.com
Ethiopia cut access to mobile Internet for two days in the capital Addis Ababa to contain protests and ethnic clashes which left 23 people dead. A press statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists indicates that mobile Internet was unavailable from 17-19 September. Although access through fixed lines was not affected, the majority of Ethiopians access the Internet through mobile phones and could therefore not get online. Ethiopia had restored Internet freedoms following a change of government in April this year.