{
  "id": 9766588,
  "title": "Internet restricted after fighting breaks out in Ethiopia's Tigray region",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/internet-restricted-after-fighting-breaks-out-in-ethiopias-tigray",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T12:34:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC World",
    "slug": "bbc-world",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqp8dxxg325no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Internet and telephone services have been interrupted in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region following recent clashes between regional forces and the national army. State telecom company Ethio Telecom has completely halted services in the area, while private firm Safaricom's operations remain uninterrupted. Tech monitoring group NetBlocks earlier reported on X that there was a sub-national internet shutdown in northern Tigray.\n\nTelecommunications fell silent, according to Duke Burbridge, an American humanitarian worker based in Tigray's capital Mekelle. Burbridge relayed to BBC's Newsday program that there had been a shortage of cash in the region for the past eight months, making people unable to access ATMs. The absence of internet services would negatively impact a large population as most transactions are conducted through banking and mobile money applications. These services are mostly accessed via Ethio Telecom and Safaricom's networks.\n\nTensions escalated after conflicts between Tigrayan forces and their allies, along with Ethiopia's federal troops erupted on Wednesday, leading to heightened alertness and reports of panic buying. The two-year civil war that ended in 2022 saw Tigray entirely isolated from the rest of the world, leading to limited access to cash, food, and medicine which pushed hundreds of thousands into hunger-like conditions. Additional reporting by Peter Mwai, BBC Verify.",
  "summary": "During the two-year civil war in Tigray, the region was totally cut off from the outside world.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 8,
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      {
        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "Ethiopia fighting spreads beyond Tigray as internet disrupted",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/ethiopia-fighting-spreads-beyond-tigray-as-internet-disrupted",
        "published": "2026-09-25T04:52:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Internet disrupted in Ethiopia as conflict rages",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/internet-disrupted-in-ethiopia-as-conflict-rages",
        "published": "2026-09-25T05:14:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Heavy fighting, internet disruption as Ethiopia conflict rages",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/heavy-fighting-internet-disruption-as-ethiopia-conflict-rages",
        "published": "2026-09-25T08:35:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Fighting rages in Ethiopia as civil war resumes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/fighting-rages-in-ethiopia-as-civil-war-resumes",
        "published": "2026-09-25T09:00:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Residents of largest city in northern Ethiopia express fear after eruption of fighting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/residents-of-largest-city-in-northern-ethiopia-express-fear-after",
        "published": "2026-09-25T10:23:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Fighting erupts between Tigray’s rebel alliance and Ethiopia’s military",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/fighting-erupts-between-tigrays-rebel-alliance-and-ethiopias-military",
        "published": "2026-09-25T12:08:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Heavy fighting, internet disruption as Ethiopia conflict rages",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/heavy-fighting-internet-disruption-as-ethiopia-conflict-rages-9769977",
        "published": "2026-09-25T12:57:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}