Ethiopia expels UN officials

The federal government in Ethiopia has ordered seven United Nations officials to get out of the country, accusing them of meddling in Ethiopia’s affairs. A civil war between Ethiopia’s central government and rebels from the northern Tigray region has continued for nearly a year. UN officials say their work is vital and that millions of people in Tigray are in critical need of food and medicine. The World’s Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi reports.   

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