THE LOCAL independent Ethiopian citizens\u2019 news agencies are reporting outside the country that there is a huge popular mobilization against the government.<\/p>\n
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In January, 2016, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom was nominated as Africa\u2019s candidate for director general of the UN World Health Organization.<\/p>\n
Just this past week, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg was named global ambassador for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by the WHO, a position in which he will serve under whoever is ultimately appointed as the WHO\u2019s director general. While Bloomberg, with his impeccable record of public health advocacy and international philanthropy, is clearly over-qualified for this role, what frightens me is the potential appointment of Adhanom as his superior. A rudimentary comparison of these two men\u2019s records highlights the latter\u2019s extreme unfitness for the office he seeks to assume and the absurdity of his even being considered……………… READ MORE<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n