A South African woman has reportedly given birth to 10 babies in what would be a new world record. Gosiame Thamara Sithole's husband says they were astonished by decuplets after scans only showed eight in…
Nigeria – Three women in Final Five for…
Three women, two of them from Africa, advanced to the second round of selection to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as the field was cut from eight to five, the…
Nigeria – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala WTO Bid Stirs Controversy
The Office of the Legal Counsel of the African Union has said that the candidature of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the World Trade Organisation's director-general position is not in line with extant rules. The legal opinion…
Nigeria Nominates Okonjo-Iweala as WTO Director-General
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari nominated Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the nation’s candidate to be director-general of the World Trade Organization. Tolu Ogunlesi, an assistant to the president of Africa’s biggest economy, announced the nomination on his…