UN says Ethiopia has no legal right to expel staff
By DW
04 October 2021 |
11:11 am
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told Ethiopia's prime minister that the international organization does not accept the country's decision to expel seven UN officials, amid a war and looming famine in Tigray.
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