Tag: COAST
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WTO DG: Coast clear for Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence as South Korean candidate withdraws from race
South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee on Friday abandoned her bid to become head of the World Trade Organization, Seoul said, clearing the way for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the global body’s first woman and first African director-general. Yoo had consulted with the United States, her prime backer and other major countries and “decided…
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Over 6,800 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast in 2020
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said, on Tuesday, that 6,848 illegal immigrants have been rescued and returned to Libya so far in 2020. IOM said the rescued immigrants include 474 women and 364 minors, adding that 115 illegal immigrants have died and 180 gone missing on the central Mediterranean route in 2020. “A total…