Ethiopian army accuses WHO chief of supporting Tigray rebellion

SANAA, Nov. 19 (YPA) – Ethiopia’s government accused the head of the World Health Organization, a fellow Ethiopian, of lobbying neighboring countries to come to the aid of the country’s rebellious Tigray regional government with arms and other support.

Ethiopia’s army chief, Gen. Birhanu Jula, asserted to reporters on Wednesday that Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had urged unnamed neighbors to “oppose the war and for (the Tigray People’s Liberation Front) to get arms.”

“He has worked in neighboring countries to condemn the war. He has worked for them to get weapons,” army chief of staff General Berhanu Jula told a press conference.

“This man is a member of that group and he has been doing everything to support them,” Jula said

Prime minster Abiy Ahmad launched a military campaign in the northern region of Tigray on November 4th aimed at overthrowing its ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (Tigray), which he accuses of challenging his government and seeking to destabilize it.

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