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Internet disruption reported in Tigray amid renewed fighting

Internet services have been disrupted across the Tigray region amid reported escalations in fighting between the Tigray People's Liberation Front and opposing forces. Two sources reported the disruption, with monitoring services observing widespread network outages. No official statement explaining the shutdown has been issued, and it remains unresolved who ordered the disruption.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on attribution across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • dawnEthiopia
  • aljazeeranorthern Ethiopia
  • franceEthiopia
4 differing positions reported on location across 8 publishers; unresolved.
  • google-alertsNorthern Ethiopia
  • deutscheTigray
  • dawnEthiopia
  • rfiÉthiopie
  • aljazeeranorthern Ethiopia
  • bbcEthiopia's Tigray region
  • franceEthiopia
  • hiiraannorthern Ethiopia
3 differing positions reported on status across 8 publishers; unresolved.
  • google-alertsReported
  • deutschedisrupted
  • dawnrages
  • rfiperturbé
  • aljazeeraspurs
  • bbcrestricted
  • francestrikes
  • hiiraanspurs
WhereTigray
13.702, 39.084 ±120 km
First reported30 days ago
Published2026-09-25 08:29 UTC
Sources8
How this travelled.
Reports9Independent tellings6
6 independently corroborated tellings, 2 reported as carrying other outlets.

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Global Event Monitor. Internet disruption reported in Tigray amid renewed fighting. 2026-09-25T08:29:42.455Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3496. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-25/tigray-internet-shutdown-reported-as-fighting-intensifies-in-northern-ethiopia-d68730bd

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