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    WHO director-general rescinds Robert Mugabe’s appointment as ‘ambassador’

    The decision by Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to name the Zimbabwean president as a WHO goodwill ambassador generated international criticism.
    by Helen Branswell Oct 22, 2017 2 minutes

    The new head of the World Health Organization has rescinded an invitation to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to serve as a goodwill ambassador for the global health agency, saying he has heard the criticism the appointment generated.

    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s decision to appoint the Zimbabwean strongman to serve as a goodwill ambassador has been censured by heads of state, human rights organizations, and the global health community since it came

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