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African Union centre stage in Cairo-Abuja scuffle for top WTO post

Nigeria's candidate for the post of World Trade Organization director-general, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. © Reuters

Nigeria and Egypt are busy rallying support for their bid to head the World Trade Organization while the African Union should announce its decision by the end of June. [...]

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