Why was Tedros accused of spreading rumors by his home country? Ethiopia is in trouble

Uncle Mu's international review came to talk about a topic that many international analysts did not expect.

This is how Tedros, who is WHO's Director-General, was "sued" by his home country, Ethiopia, on January 16.

The alleged complaint is a description that the Ethiopian government is very dissatisfied with Tedros, and the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has written a letter to the WHO accusing Tedros of making irresponsible false statements about the Ethiopian civil war.

In other words, Tedros' home country accused him of spreading rumors.

What makes Tedros even more faceless is that the Ethiopian government did not send an internal letter to the WHO, but an open letter, which the whole world saw. And the Ethiopian government is angry and asks WHO to investigate Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to see if he is neutral enough in his position as WHO Director-General and whether his behavior is irregular.

The open letter also threatens that Tedros' actions could undermine WHO's integrity.

What was it that got Tedros into a dispute with his home country?

Compared with Western affairs, our media has not paid much attention to this issue, mainly related to the Ethiopian civil war, that is, the war between the Ethiopian government forces and the Northern rebel force Tigray People's Liberation Front.

Tedros was a native of Tigray and served as Minister of Health when he was the ruling party of the Tigray People's Liberation Front. The Ethiopian government has repeatedly suspected Tedros in the past of defending the Tigray rebels in the seat of THE WHO Director-General, and may even have provided them with some de facto facilities to the detriment of the Ethiopian government forces.

Although Tedros denied supporting Tigray's confrontation with Ethiopian government forces, he did not express concerns in the media about the deterioration of the humanitarian situation on the ground.

For example, when he recently communicated with the media, he described the people of the Tigray area as living in a deep and fiery situation, as if they were in hell. It also publicly condemned Ethiopian government forces for denying WHO-aided medical supplies to the local relief population.

This is what led to the outrage of the Ethiopian Government. Because according to the Ethiopian government, it was the Tigray People's Liberation Front that blocked the entry of medical supplies.

So there was the appearance of the open letter to WHO that Uncle Mu had mentioned earlier.

Although he did not know anything about the civil war, Uncle Mu was well aware that the problem of the Tigray region that Tedros said was real.

10 years ago, when the local civil war was not very serious, Uncle Mu once went to Ethiopia with the International Rescue Organization. Half a war correspondent!

At that time, many ordinary people in Mercklay, the capital of Tigray, ethiopia's second largest city, carried guns, as if the scene on the streets of Israel was similar. Uncle Mu also went to the small town of Axum, which is now plagued by war, only about 20 kilometers from the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and Eritrea is also involved in civil war, and from time to time there will be soldiers to fight the armed forces of Tigray.

At that time, the life of the people there was very poor, basically many people only ate one meal a day, otherwise the International Aid Organization of the United Nations World Food Programme would do there!

Locals generally have 4-5 children, what if they can't raise them and don't have food to eat? The United Nations came up with an idea to open local schools with free lunches. This allows children to both learn and eat. So locals are sending their children to school. Eating something like batter, mainly made of beans, basic nutrition should be available, but we have difficulty swallowing, the children eat very happily.

Now under the fire of war, it is certain that the situation of the locals is much worse than it was then. Therefore, it is understandable that Tedros is in a hurry, after all, he is the one who walked out of here.

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