Ethiopia’s government is criticizing as "unethical" the statement by the World Health Organization’s director-general that the crisis in the country’s Tigray region is "the worst disaster on Earth" and his assertion that the lack of attention from global leaders may be due to Tigrayans’ skin color. The spokeswoman for Ethiopia’s prime minister on Thursday told journalists that the comments by WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus were "unbecoming of such a high-profile position." Billene Seyoum suggested that Tedros, himself an ethnic Tigrayan, should recuse himself from his post if he wants to talk that way.