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The head of the UN’s public health body has accused Eritrean troops of killing his uncle in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region.<\/p>\n

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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, of the World Health Organization, said he was told more than 50 other people were arbitrarily killed in the same village.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I was not in good shape,” admitted the still visibly shaken Ethiopian, whose family hails from Tigray.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eritrea has so far made no public comments on the accusation, the BBC<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking at Wednesday’s WHO briefing in Geneva on the latest Covid-19 issues, Dr Tedros said: “On Saturday, I was informed that my uncle was murdered by the Eritrean army.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I spoke to my mother, and she was really devastated because he was the youngest from their family. And he was almost the same age [as me],” said the 57-year-old WHO director general. He provided no details about the timing of the alleged attack or the location of the village.<\/p>\n

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Dr Tedros also expressed hopes that a ceasefire agreement signed in November between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) “will hold and this madness will stop”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But Eritrean troops and forces from Ethiopia’s neighbouring Amhara region were not party to the deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The conflict in Tigray erupted in late 2020 when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military offensive against local forces in the country’s northern region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He said he did so in response to an attack on a military base housing government troops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The escalation came after months of feuding between Mr Abiy’s government and leaders of Tigray’s dominant political party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The fighting devastated the populous country in the Horn of Africa, leaving thousands of people dead with 350,000 others\u00a0living in famine conditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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