WHO chief says his relatives are 'starving' in Tigray

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voices his personal pain, lamenting that he cannot reach or help his relatives. Read more at straitstimes.com.

lamenting that he could not reach or help his relatives who were suffering and starving.

The UN health agency chief, himself from Tigray, has slammed the"unimaginable cruelty" inflicted on the northern region's six million inhabitants, effectively cut off from basic services for nearly two years. His comments came a day after fighting resumed between Ethiopian government forces and Tigray rebels,"It's tragic to see the resumption of active conflict, but in reality, the war had never stopped," he said.and reiterated his call for"the resumption of essential services, and an end to the blockade."The WHO chief meanwhile rejected charges that he had abused his platform to make repeated appeals for humanitarian access to his home region.

"I did it for Yemen. I have travelled there. I did it for Syria and am doing it for Ukraine," he said.

 

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