(Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia switched off internet access in the country to prevent the leaking of information about school exams, the Guardian reported, without saying how it got the information.
There has been no outbound traffic since Tuesday, a London-based newspaper reported on its website, citing a transparency report by Google Inc.
Activists posted national papers online last year, demanding a postponement of the exams because of anti-government protests in Oromia state that were going on then, the Guardian reported. University exams were also posted online in July, it said.
Information Minister Negeri Lencho couldn't immediately respond to text messages seeking comment and directed queries to his staff. Deputy government spokesman Zadig Abraha didn't respond to 11 calls and two text messages seeking comment.
Staff at four hotels in the capital, Addis Ababa, said they'd informed guests that there would be no internet access until June 2 because of the school exams.
To contact the reporter on this story: Nizar Manek in Addis Ababa at nmanek2@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Paul Richardson at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net, Helen Nyambura-Mwaura, Michael Gunn
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