Internet access has been restricted in Ethiopia's Tigray region after fighting broke out there, according to the-star.co.ke. The outlet reported the disruption on Saturday, 26 September 2026, without giving further details on the scope or duration of the restrictions.
The renewed clashes have raised fears of a return to full-scale war between Tigray's TPLF forces and Ethiopia's national army, a question the BBC examined in its reporting. Ethiopia's military has promised restraint amid those fears, Al Jazeera reported. The EastAfrican published an explainer warning that the new war in Tigray could trigger a wider conflict in the region. The United States issued a fresh security alert as the fighting escalated, according to Kenyans.co.ke.
Tigray was the centre of a devastating two-year war that ended with a peace agreement in 2022, and the current outbreak of violence signals a serious threat to that settlement. Communications blackouts have repeatedly accompanied previous rounds of fighting in the region, limiting what journalists and residents can report from the ground.
The reporting so far comes from headline-level accounts, and no casualty figures or details of the locations of the clashes have been confirmed in the material available.
What to watch next: whether the internet restrictions are lifted, whether the army's stated restraint holds, and whether international pressure can pull both sides back from a broader war.
