While select social media and messaging platforms such as WhatsApp have been shut down sporadically as protests have grown more intense, in Addis Ababa, the capital, this is the longest sustained mobile Internet service shutdown that has taken place since they began. 
Wakati baadhi ya mitandao ya kijamii ikifungwa kama vile WhatsApp kadri maandamano yanavyoendelea kushika kasi, jijini Addis Ababa, ambao ni mji mkuu, hili ndilo tukio refu zaidi ya kuzimwa kwa huduma za mtandao wa Intaneti kuwahi kutokea nchini humo.