ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia has begun restoring internet access Tuesday, 10 days after it was cut following the assassinations of six top government officials. The internet shutdown affected the entire country but in recent days a few locations were able to function. “All internet packages that users bought but were not able to use during the internet cut will be reimbursed.”ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWEthio Telecom, the country’s state-owned monopoly of telecommunications services, also cut internet access two weeks ago during national school exams. NetBlocks, an internet monitoring group, estimated Ethiopia lost a minimum of $4.5 million a day during the internet cuts. In January Zimbabwe ordered a “total internet shutdown” when violent protests over a dramatic fuel price increase resulted in a deadly crackdown.

Source: thestar July 02, 2019 10:01 UTC