National shutdown
- Total Duration 20 days
Ethiopia
- Population
- 128,691,692
- UN Classification
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- Least Developed Country
- Land Locked Developing Country
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Not Free
Other supporting information
Internet services went down following several high-profile political assassinations of top military officials in Addis Ababa and the president of Amhara state, the country’s second-largest federal region. The government claims the killings were part of a failed coup attempt against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The country’s only Internet service provider, Ethio Telecom, apologized in a tweet for the service interruption without providing an explanation, telling CNN that it would credit customers for services that were affected. The shutdown was gradually lifted after 10 days, with mobile data being restored on July 2