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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: WTO gets its first African boss
Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is also the first woman to hold the role with the global trade body.
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.
Plus, Guinea has declared that it is dealing with an Ebola epidemic after the deaths of at least three people from the illness.
And Cape Verde鈥檚 rising star, singer Soraia Ramos, on the importance of her cultural roots in bringing out the best in her music.
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