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Major scandal after Mugabe was appointed as “WHO goodwill ambassador”
In a tweet, WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus said: “I'm listening. I hear your concerns. Rethinking the approach in light of WHO values. I will issue a statement as soon as possible.” Mugabe, 93, the world's oldest head of state, has long been criticized at home for going overseas for medical treatment as Zimbabwe's once-prosperous economy falls apart. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesFrom the bread basket of Africa to the basket case of Africa - that'll be uncle Bob for you!
Oct 22nd, 2017 - 09:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0Maybe the IMF might want him? There's a lot of Billionaires in Zimbabwe - On 2 February 2009, the RBZ removed 12 zeros from the currency, with 1,000,000,000,000 (third) Zimbabwe dollars being exchanged for 1 new (fourth) dollar
Of all the ridiculous things done by UN agencies (and there have been quite a few) this has got to be at the top of the list. You can only assume that either there were a number of back-handers involved or the WHO management structure lives on Mars.
Oct 22nd, 2017 - 10:29 am - Link - Report abuse +1Robert Mugabe backwards is E Ba Gum Trebor. (Apologies to friends in Northern England)
Who is next to become WHO goodwill ambassador now that Pol Pot is dead?
Oct 22nd, 2017 - 12:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And he is not Goodwill Ambassador. The Head of the WHO should stand down because it was blatantly a biased appointment in the first place.
Oct 22nd, 2017 - 12:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The Head of the WHO should not only stand down but also return the hefty bribe.
Oct 22nd, 2017 - 03:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They will probably go for Zuma now, its been decided that it has to be an African.
Oct 23rd, 2017 - 11:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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