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WHO Chief Selects Zimbabwe’s Mugabe as ‘Goodwill Ambassador’
Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, speaks at the 64th annual United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S.
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Geneva (AP) -- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has long faced United States sanctions over his government's human rights abuses. But the World Health Organization's new chief is making the longtime African leader a "goodwill ambassador."
With Mugabe on hand, WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus told a conference in Uruguay this week on non-communicable diseases that he'd agreed to be a "goodwill ambassador" on the issue.