Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed on 15 February as the first woman and first African woman to head the World Trade Organisation (WTO), in the hope of ending years of deadlock in the institution. "WTO members have just agreed to appoint Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director-General of the...

While the Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala still waits to know if she will be or not the coming director of the World Trade Organization, the US presidential election could change everything. The consensus was total around the Nigerian woman's nomination, but the US was opposed to it. The Trump Administration considered...