# Claim 542

Description of where service had and had not returned by March 2021.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Description of where service had and had not returned by March 2021.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Partial restoration uneven across the region
- About: [incident 2020-ethiopia-tigray-internet-blackout](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-ethiopia-tigray-internet-blackout)
- Source: Journalists struggle to work amid extended internet shutdowns in Myanmar, Ethiopia, Kashmir. https://cpj.org/2021/05/journalists-shutdowns-myanmar-ethiopia-kashmir/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2021-05-03

## Quotation from the source

> By the time I went to cover my story in March 2021, partial communications had been restored; calls and texts were working in the regional capital and surrounding areas, but not uniformly across the region.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/542. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.