
Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch condemns Tigray 'genocide'
CNN
The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has condemned his own country's rulers in a video recorded by the director of a US-based charity, saying "they want to destroy the people of Tigray" with actions of "the highest brutality and cruelty."
Abune Mathias, a native of the northern Tigray region who lived in exile for 30 years for criticizing the country's then-communist regime, was filmed by Dennis Wadley, director of Bridges of Hope International over a month ago. Wadley told CNN he took the video of Mathias in Addis Ababa, where the Patriarch is under what he described as "unofficial house arrest." The charity director said he and his wife were in the country caring for refugees and internally displaced people at the time.More Related News