The Morning Call
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was removed as a goodwill ambassador on Sunday by the World Health Organisation WHO following outrage among Western donors and rights groups at his earlier
appointment. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had named Mugabe to the largely ceremonial post at a meeting in Uruguay on chronic diseases last week Wednesday.
We take some reactions from Zimbabwe on their leader’s ‘short lived’ appointment.
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