Zimbabwe: Tribunal Accuses UN of Covering Up Cholera and Violence in Zimbabwe

A senior United Nations (UN) official in Zimbabwe in 2008, Georges Tadonki, was wrongfully fired after he tried to warn the UN mission of a humanitarian crisis, according to a UN Dispute Tribunal.

Tadonki was head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Zimbabwe, and he predicted a cholera epidemic and an unprecedented wave of political violence in the country in 2008.

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