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The World Health Organisation says it is 'very concerned' about the Covid situation in China amid 'increasing reports of severe disease' and urged Chinese authorities to provide 'more detailed information' of the situation on the ground during a press conference in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
The World Health Organization chief condemns the situation in Ethiopia's conflict-torn Tigray region, his native country. "The world is not paying enough attention," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells reporters from WHO headquarters in Geneva, stressing "there is a very narrow window now to prevent genocide in Tigray." SOUNDBITE
A de facto blockade preventing medicines and other life-saving supplies reaching Ethiopia's Tigray has created "hell" in the war-ravaged region, WHO director general says. SOUNDBITE
Ethiopia's conflict-torn Tigray region is under "blockade", the World Health Organization chief says, warning that people are starving to death and dying from lack of access to medicines. "People are dying because of lack of supplies," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, himself a from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, tells reporters from the UN health agency's Geneva headquarters. SOUNDBITE
The UN rights chief slams the brutality characterising the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, following a joint UN-Ethiopian report warning of possible "crimes against humanity" by all sides. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.
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