World Health Organization revokes appointment of Mugabe

FILE – In this file photo dated Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, during his meeting with South African President Jacob Zuma, at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria, South Africa. The head of the U.N. health agency has decided Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017 to revoke his appointment of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe as a “goodwill ambassador” after the choice drew widespread criticism. World Health Organization director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus last week told a conference in Uruguay on non-communicable diseases that Mugabe had agreed to be a “goodwill ambassador” on the issue. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)