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It’s not so surprising WHO’s new director tried to make Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador

It’s not so surprising WHO’s new director tried to make Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador

*Updated with news of withdrawal of appointment The plan by World Health Organization (WHO) director-general to appoint Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador has backfired and been rescinded after an international outcry. Supporters and critics of the former Ethiopian health minister, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, aka Dr. Tedros, the first African to hold the…