Nigeria s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala took over as the new WTO chief after a long, high-powered career serving as minister of finance and foreign affairs in her native Nigeria and 25 years at the World Bank. Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP
The first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization on Monday welcomed an apology from a Swiss newspaper that had dismissed the seasoned international professional as a grandmother. It is important & timely that they ve apologised, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in a tweet.
The development economist took over as the new WTO chief on Monday after a long, high-powered career serving as minister of finance and foreign affairs in her native Nigeria and 25 years at the World Bank.
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Airport workers transport on dollies a shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from the Covax global Covid-19 vaccination programme, at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on February 24, 2021. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP)
The Vaccines are here
All things being equal, almost four million doses of COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in Nigeria today. The vaccines, supplied by the WHO-backed COVAX, will include the AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson types, according to the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization on Monday accepts an apology from a Swiss newspaper that had
GENEVA (AFP) - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes over the World Trade Organization on Monday amid hopes that she will spur the beleaguered body into addressing its towering challenges, including the pandemic-fuelled global economic crisis.
''The WTO is too important to allow it to be slowed down, paralyz