ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Rights groups and citizens are calling on Ethiopia’s government to lift the internet shutdown in parts of the country that is leaving millions of people without important updates on the coronavirus. The months-long shutdown of internet and phone lines in Western Oromia and parts of the Benishangul Gumuz region is occurring during military operations against rebel forces. “Residents of these areas are getting very limited information about the coronavirus,” Jawar Mohammed, an activist-turned-politician, told The Associated Press. Land borders have closed and national carrier Ethiopian Airlines has stopped flying to some 30 destinations around the world. People in these areas are not getting badly needed updates, and that is dangerous,” he said.

Source: Ethiopian News March 24, 2020 11:15 UTC