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**Summary:**

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has released the findings of its internal review into the 2021 deaths of three of its aid workers in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. MSF concludes that the killings of Maria Hernandez (Spanish national), Yohannes Halefom Reda, and Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael (both Ethiopian nationals) were “intentional and targeted.” The organization asserts that the aid workers were clearly identified as such, and that Ethiopian soldiers were present at the time of the attack. Despite repeated attempts, MSF says it has received no credible answers or cooperation from the Ethiopian government regarding an investigation. The report follows a previous investigation in 2022 where the NGO said the three aid workers had been killed “intentionally,” without providing further details. An earlier New York Times report alleged an Ethiopian army officer ordered the killings, but MSF has stopped short of confirming that. MSF accuses the Ethiopian government of failing to fulfill its moral obligation to investigate the incident during the brutal civil war, which has killed some 600,000 people.

**News Article:**

**Doctors Without Borders: Tigray Aid Worker Deaths Were “Intentional and Targeted,” Accuses Ethiopian Government of Cover-Up**

**Geneva, Switzerland** – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has released a damning report concluding that the deaths of three of its staff members in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in June 2021 were “intentional and targeted killings.” The medical charity alleges the Ethiopian government has failed to investigate the incident adequately and is withholding information.

The victims, Maria Hernandez (Spanish national), Yohannes Halefom Reda, and Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael (both Ethiopian nationals), were all employees of MSF-Spain. They were shot dead while clearly marked as aid workers. MSF says a convoy of Ethiopian soldiers was present in the area at the time of the attack.

“This was not the result of crossfire, nor was it a tragic mistake. Our colleagues were killed in what can only be described as a deliberate attack,” said Paula Gil, president of MSF-Spain.

The incident occurred during the height of the brutal civil war in Tigray (2020-2022), which claimed an estimated 600,000 lives and triggered a major humanitarian crisis.

While a 2022 *New York Times* investigation suggested an Ethiopian army officer ordered the killings, MSF has not confirmed that assertion. “We cannot confirm that or go that far,” said Raquel Ayora, director-general of MSF-Spain.

MSF says it has repeatedly contacted the Ethiopian government for information and a formal investigation but has been met with silence. The organisation accuses the government of failing to “fulfil its moral obligations” to conclude an investigation into the attack. The report findings were also presented to the authorities, who did not respond.

Ethiopia’s government has yet to respond to MSF’s accusations.

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