Ethiopia-Tigray conflict: Three Doctors Without Borders workers killed in Tigray
By France24
28 June 2021 |
2:38 pm
They identified the victims as Maria Hernandez, 35, MSF's emergency coordinator who is a Spanish national; Yohannes Halefom Reda, 31, assistant coordinator and an Ethiopian national; and Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael, 31, their driver and also an Ethiopian citizen.
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