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BBC OS: 2021/02/15 16:06 GMT: First woman, first African: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becomes WTO boss

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First woman, first African: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becomes WTO boss

2021/02/15 16:06 GMT

2021/02/15 16:06 GMT: First woman, first African: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becomes WTO boss

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been confirmed as the new head of the World Trade Organisation

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been confirmed as the new head of the World Trade Organisation.

The former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has become the first woman and the first African to be appointed as director general of the World Trade Organization. We go to Nigeria to hear what is expected from her leadership. 

We also hear again from protesters in Myanmar demanding the restoration of democracy after a military coup.

Also, Dr Eleanor Murray - assistant professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health - will answer audience questions about the pandemic and look at the latest lines on the story.

We learn how sniffer dogs are being used to detect Covid-19 infections and speak to a dog trainer who works with “Covid dogs” at Helsinki airport.

(Photo:  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala poses outside a Nigerian diplomatic residence in Chambesy, near Geneva, Switzerland, September 29, 2020. Credit; Emma Farge/File Photo/Reuters)

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