People face ‘horrific’ situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray: WHO chief

People face hunger, destroyed health services and rampant rape in the conflict-hit region, says Tedros.

Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region is facing a horrifying situation with people dying of hunger, health services destroyed and rape “rampant”, according to the World Health Organization chief, who is from the region. “The situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, is, if I use one word, horrific. Very horrific,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference on Monday. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into Tigray in November after accusing the once-dominant regional governing party of orchestrating attacks on federal army camps.