Long-cut phones ring again in Ethiopia's Tigray, bring grief

A man stands outside a mobile phone accessory shop in the Piazza old town area of the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. For a year and a half, phone calls to people trying to survive one of the world's worst conflicts didn't go through. [AP Photo]

For a year and a half, phone calls to people trying to survive one of the world's worst wars didn't go through. Now, as phone lines start to be restored to parts of Ethiopia's Tigray region after a fragile peace deal, some Tigrayans are relieved while others grieve.