GENEVA (Reuters) -A World Health Organization (WHO) official cut off Ethiopia's envoy on Monday as he attempted to deliver a speech criticising the global body's leader and postponed a decision on a request from Addis Ababa to investigate his actions. On Jan. 14, Ethiopia's foreign ministry accused https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ethiopia-accuses-who-chief-links-rebellious-tigrayan-forces-2022-01-14 Tedros, who previously served as the Ethiopian health minister and foreign minister, of spreading misinformation about the war in the country's north. Ethiopian government spokesperson Legesse Tulu said the decision announced by Amoth on Monday showed that the WHO was being partial in the matter. The government reiterated its call for the WHO to investigate Tedros, Legesse told Reuters in a text message. The WHO said at the time that Ethiopia's foreign affairs ministry had sent a diplomatic communication, called a note verbale.

Source: Ethiopian News January 24, 2022 11:50 UTC