Ethiopia region marks 25 days without the internet

People in the west of Ethiopia’s Oromia region are marking 25 days without access to the internet and mobile phone networks.

Those who have families there have told the BBC they are concerned as they cannot communicate with their relatives in western Oromia, where the security situation is unstable.

Many people, especially young men, are fleeing the area either to the capital, Addis Ababa, or to the neighbouring region of Gambella.

In the last couple of weeks there has been unrest between government forces and Oromo groups in the region.

The BBC was unable to get a comment from state-run Ethio Telecom about the shutdown.