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Here is @DrTedros, he’s not even a doctor. He’s a communist attempting to acquire guns for the liberation front in Ethiopia.
Hey may go down! His credibility is in the toilet. https://t.co/nwMqTbaPEa
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Doctor Ted Ross is facing growing accusations of siding with China and supporting the Tigray rebels in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian military claims that he is backing the rebels by helping them procure arms and providing diplomatic support. The conflict in Ethiopia began when the Tigray People's Liberation Front refused to recognize the authority of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, leading to a civil war. Doctor Ted Ross, a Tigrayan and the director general of the World Health Organization, was previously accused of covering up cholera epidemics and of involvement in human rights abuses during his time as foreign minister. The conflict in Ethiopia has resulted in deaths and forced displacement, and if the accusations against doctor Ted Ross are true, it could further destabilize the region.
Speaker 0: Charges against doctor Ted Ross is growing. He has been accused of siding with China for denying Taiwan a platform, and now he is being accused of backing the Tigray rebels in Ethiopia. Yes. You heard that right. The Ethiopian military is accusing doctor Ted Ross of practically Beijing a war against the government of Ethiopia.
How? By supporting the rebels, trying to procure arms for them, and providing diplomatic backing. Listen in to what the Ethiopian army chief has to say.
Speaker 1: This fellow is himself part of that team. As you know, he's a member of the central committee. Now that his members, those who have a similar kind of thinking, what do you expect from him? We don't expect he will side with the Ethiopian people and condemn them. So he has left no stone unturned to help them.
Will he be successful or not? That's another issue. He has worked in neighboring countries to condemn the war. He has worked for them to get weapons.
Speaker 0: So what is all this about? Let me explain. Earlier this month, a domestic conflict began in Ethiopia, a conflict that now increasingly looks like a full blown war. 2 sides are fighting each other. On one side is the Ethiopian government led by the Nobel Prize winning prime minister, Abiy Ahmed.
On the other side is the Tigray People's Liberation Front. They ruled Ethiopia for 27 years before Abiy Ahmed came to power. Now the Tigray People's Liberation Front has refused to recognize the prime minister's authority. And this has triggered a civil war. So what role does doctor Ted Ross have in this?
He allegedly is backing the Tigray People's Liberation and the charges against doctor Tedros are serious. The Ethiopian military says doctor Tedros is a member of the Tigray People's Liberation and he is trying to procure arms for them and providing diplomatic support as they wage this war against the army government. Doctor Ted Ross is a Tigrayan. In fact, he's the world's most high profile Tigrayan. He was the health minister in the previous Ethiopian government that was led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front even as health minister, doctor Ted Ross, was not immune to controversy.
This report came out when doctor Tedros was contesting the election for director general at the World Health Organization. He was accused of covering up not 1, not 2, but 3 cholera epidemics in Ethiopia. Doctor Tedros said that this was, I'm quoting, a last minute smear campaign to derail his candidacy. The controversy did not die there. Another report came out at that time.
It referred to doctor Tedros Sosnoyour as foreign minister from 2012 to 2016. In that period, protesters were allegedly jailed or killed in Ethiopia. The accusations gave birth to the hashtag no Ted Ross for WHO. The accusations, though, did not affect the outcome of the election. Doctor Tedros won and became the director general of the World Health Organization in 2017.
The victory made doctor Tedros a household name in Ethiopia. He was even ranked as one of Time Magazine's most influential people. And now he is being accused of playing a role in destabilizing the government in Ethiopia when the world is still gripped by the Wuhan virus. The conflict in Ethiopia could trigger a major crisis. 100 have died in the conflict in Tigray since the beginning of November.
At least 30,000 people have been forced to leave the country and move into neighboring Sudan. There is a possibility that this conflict could spill outside Ethiopia. If the charges against doctor Tedros are indeed true, his acts would have contributed towards the destabilization of the Horn of Africa. The WHO chief has not issued a statement in his defense yet. But one thing is clear, the crisis of credibility for doctor Tedros just turned uglier.
