The Washington Post published on 15 December 2022 an article titled "WHO Chief Says Uncle Was 'Murdered' by Eritrean Troops in Ethiopia's Tigray" by Victoria Bisset.
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on 14 December that Eritrean forces inside Ethiopia's Tigray Region "murdered" his uncle together with more than 50 people in the same village. Tedros, an ethnic Tigrayan, did not provide further details. Eritrean forces have operated inside Tigray Region since the outbreak of conflict in Tigray Region two years ago.