Kenya’s Amina Mohamed joins last-minute contenders for WTO leadership

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Africa's two contenders for the post are Mohamed and Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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Three last-minute contenders on Wednesday joined the race to become the next head of the beleaguered World Trade Organisation , meaning eight candidates in total are vying for the position.

The WTO General Council will meet from July 15-17 to hear their presentations and question them on their plans for the global trade body, which was beset with challenges even before the pandemic-driven global economic crisis struck. The Geneva-based organisation is staging a swift contest to replace outgoing director-general Roberto Azevedo.

Rather than an election, the selection procedure relies on finding consensus, with candidates gradually being eliminated in turn. The former World Bank number two insisted that the WTO — which has never had a female leader — must choose is next chief “on merit”.

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