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Egypt
Cairo's ambitious two-step UNESCO plan

Egypt is hoping to use a temporary lack of interest in the post of assistant director-general for UNESCO's Africa department to place one of its diplomats. This could in turn lead to an opening for Khaled Al Anani to take the helm of the institution in 2025. [...]

Published on 12/05/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Alaa Youssef
Audrey Azoulay
Ban Ki-moon
European Institute of Peace
Firmin Edouard Matoko
Khaled Al Anani
Mohamed Elfarnawany
Unesco
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African diplomats deplore their isolation at UNESCO

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The blotch on UNESCO director general candidate Khaled al-Anani's record

The former Egyptian tourism and antiquities minister has been chosen as the Arab countries' candidate for the post of director general of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). During his time as minister, however, he allowed a UNESCO-protected Muslim necropolis to be destroyed.

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Egyptian minister Khaled al-Anani on 23 October 2021.

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Cairo loses out on UNESCO Priority Africa leadership role

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Ethiopia, Gabon
UNESCO struggles to find candidates for Africa assistant director

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Ethiopia, Gabon, Senegal
African battle for coveted UNESCO post

Divisions have arisen over who should become the next assistant director-general of the Priority Africa and External Relations Department at the UN institution, with the prospect a possible face-off between Ethiopia and Gabon.

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Pegasus scandal: the dismissal of a Moroccan civil servant rocks UNESCO

Ouafae B, a Moroccan official of the UN agency, was the subject of an internal disciplinary procedure linked to the revelation of the contract between UNESCO and the Freedom Voices Network, the journalists' collective at the origin of the Pegasus scandal.

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Alaa Youssef
Audrey Azoulay
Ban Ki-moon
European Institute of Peace
Firmin Edouard Matoko
Khaled Al Anani
Mohamed Elfarnawany
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African diplomats deplore their isolation at UNESCO

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