Spotlight on Mugabe's Nomination as WHO Envoy

Human rights groups have called for a probe into the appointment of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador for the World Health organisation - but Mugabe says he was not formally informed of this appointment and "would have rejected the invitation to take up the post as it is not in Zimbabwe's national interest to do so".

  • Zimbabwe:   Govt Clears Air On WHO Furore

    The Herald, 24 October 2017

    President Mugabe was not formally informed of his so-called appointment as WHO goodwill ambassador in the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and would have rejected… Read more »

President Robert Mugabe is hardly in Zimbabwe.

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