Kenya nominates CS Amina Mohamed for World Trade Organization top job

Kenya has nominated Sports Minister Amina Mohamed for the position of the World Trade Organization (WTO) director general.

The WTO is seeking to replace Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo who
is stepping down a year early.

Ms Mohamed is the sixth candidate to be nominated for the
top job.

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was also nominated and has
received backing from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas).

Egyptian lawyer Abdel Hamid Mamdouh has is the only
remaining candidate of the three who had presented their names to the African
Union.

Other countries that have nominated candidates for the job
so far are South Korea, Mexico and Moldova.

Nomination closes on Wednesday.