本周，随着厄立特里亚北部提格雷地区的地方部队与国民军之间爆发冲突，该地区的互联网和电话服务已中断。
Internet and call services have been disrupted in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray following the outbreak of fighting this week between regional forces and the national army.
国有电信运营商埃塞电信（Ethio Telecom）提供的服务已完全中断，但规模较小的私营公司Safaricom的服务仍在运行。互联网监测组织NetBlocks此前在X平台上发帖称，网络数据显示提格雷北部地区出现了次国家层面的互联网中断。
Services provided by state-owned telecoms operator Ethio Telecom have been completely cut, although those from the smaller private firm Safaricom remain operational. Internet monitoring group NetBlocks earlier posted on X that network data indicated a sub-national internet shutdown in northern Tigray.
“昨晚电信服务被切断了。”美国人道主义工作者杜克·伯布里奇（Duke Burbridge）在接受英国广播公司（BBC）《新闻日》节目采访时说，他目前位于提格雷首府麦凯莱。BBC已联系厄立特里亚当局寻求评论。
"Last night telecommunications got knocked out," Duke Burbridge, an American humanitarian worker in Tigray's capital, Mekelle, told the BBC's Newsday programme. The BBC has contacted Ethiopia's authorities for comment.
消息人士向路透社透露，控制提格雷地区的提格雷人民解放阵线（TPLF）下令实施了通信中断，其中一人暗示此举旨在干扰政府无人机。提格雷人民解放阵线尚未对此作出评论。BBC无法从提格雷及周边地区进行报道。
Sources have told the Reuters news agency that the group which controls Tigray, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), ordered the communications blackout, with one suggesting it was to disrupt government drones. The TPLF has not commented. The BBC is unable to report from Tigray and surrounding areas. Even before the current disruption, finding video and images to establish what is happening on the ground has been a challenge.
即便在当前中断发生之前，寻找视频和图片以核实地面局势也一直是一项挑战。
Even before the current disruption, finding video and images to establish what is happening on the ground has been a challenge.
目前，除了来自麦凯莱的画面外，网络上分享的大部分内容均来自该地区以外。
So far, other than footage from Mekelle, most of what has been shared online has been from outside the region.
伯布里奇表示，过去八个月来，提格雷地区现金短缺，人们无法使用自动取款机，因此互联网服务的缺失将对所有人造成“毁灭性打击”。
Burbridge said there had been a scarcity of cash in Tigray for the past eight months, with people unable to access ATMs so the lack of internet services would be "devastating for everybody".
许多人依赖银行和移动支付应用进行交易，其中大多数人通过埃塞电信和Safaricom的网络访问这些服务。
Many people rely on banking and mobile money applications for transactions, with the majority using Ethio Telecom and Safaricom's networks to access these services.
周四，一位我们仅以“菲茨姆”（Fitsum）称呼的麦凯莱居民也表达了类似观点。他告诉BBC，这座城市“几乎没有现金”。
On Thursday a Mekelle resident who we are only identifying as Fitsum made a similar point. He told the BBC "there is almost no cash" in the city.
随着战争爆发，人们限制了出行，城市一片寂静——“就像实施了宵禁一样，”他说。
With the outbreak of war, people were limiting their movements and the city was all quiet - "it's like a curfew has been placed," he said.
提格雷武装力量及其盟友与埃塞俄比亚联邦军队周三爆发冲突，引发了人们对全面内战重燃的担忧，并有报道称当地出现了恐慌性抢购。
Clashes between Tigrayan forces and their allies and Ethiopia's federal troops broke out on Wednesday, prompting fears of a return to a full scale civil war and reports of panic buying.
邻近阿法尔地区的一位人道主义消息人士告诉法新社，阿法尔与提格雷之间山区阿巴拉镇（Abala）附近“彻夜发生激烈战斗”，包括无人机袭击，当时“联邦军队正在阻止叛军进入该镇”。
A humanitarian source in the neighbouring region of Afar told the AFP news agency there was "heavy fighting overnight", including drone strikes, around the town of Abala in the mountains between Afar and Tigray, as "federal forces pushed the rebels from entering the town".
此外，还有报道称阿姆哈拉地区的拉利贝拉镇（Lalibela）附近也发生了战斗，该镇以岩石凿成的教堂而闻名，被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产。美国已发出警告，建议不要前往上述所有三个地区。
There have also been reports of fighting near the town of Lalibela in the Amhara region, which is home to churches hewn out of rock, recognised as a UN World Heritage site. The US has warned against travel to all three regions.
在2022年结束的那场为期两年的冲突中，提格雷与外界完全隔绝。
During the two-year conflict which ended in 2022, Tigray was totally cut off from the outside world.
现金、食品和药品供应的极度匮乏，使数十万人陷入了类似饥荒的境地。
Limited access to cash, food and medicine pushed hundreds of thousands into famine-like conditions.
这是本世纪最致命的冲突之一，据估计约有60万人死亡，战乱将该地区推向了饥荒的边缘。
It was one of the most deadly conflicts this century - with estimates that some 600,000 people died as the fighting drove the region to the precipice of famine.
周日，提格雷人民解放阵线（TPLF）宣布与另外六个武装组织结盟，旨在推翻政府。周三，其武装力量从联邦警察手中夺取了三个机场的控制权。
On Sunday, the TPLF announced an alliance with six other armed groups to oust the government. On Wednesday, its forces seized control of three airports from federal police.
在机场被占领后，埃塞俄比亚航空公司已取消了所有飞往提格雷的航班。欲了解更多非洲大陆的新闻，请访问相关页面。
Following the seizure of the airports, Ethiopian Airlines has cancelled all flights to Tigray. Go to for more news from the African continent.