Robert Mugabe is appointed a WHO goodwill ambassador, stunning critics

The new head of the World Health Organization has named Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador for the agency, a move that has startled public health experts. The WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, made the controversial announcement on Wednesday in a speech at a global conference on non-communicable diseases in Montevideo, Uruguay. Tedros, as he…