"Give Peace A Chance!": WHO Chief On Ethiopia's Latest Ceasefire Deal
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Last week's ceasefire deal between Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan rebels raised hopes that the brutal conflict in Africa's second most populous country could be nearing its end.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's leader, is in the rare position of heading a UN agency's response to a humanitarian crisis in which his own family's survival is at stake.
Mr Tedros, 57, hails from Tigray, the besieged northern region of Ethiopia gripped by fighting and misery for two years.
Last week's ceasefire deal between Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan rebels raised hopes that the brutal conflict in Africa's second most populous country could be nearing its end.
"The most courageous choose peace," Mr Tedros tweeted on Saturday. "Give peace a chance!"
