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Okonjo-Iweala's WTO appointment could derail African Covid vaccine rollout

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WTO new Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
WTO new Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. © Martial Trezzini/EFE/EPA/MacPPP

The appointment of its Covid special envoy Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as head of the WTO has deprived the African Union of a key player in the already complex process of funding the rollout of vaccines in Africa, and the regional organisation is now counting heavily on her former employer, the World Bank.

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