Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame is the latest African leader to defend the World Health Organization (WHO) and its head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus against attacks by US President Donald Trump.
Mr Trump tweeted on Tuesday that the WHO was “very China-centric” yet it is “largely” funded by the US.
He warned that he could stop funding the global health organisation.
Earlier AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat had defended the Ethiopian WHO chief and Mr Kagame backed this up.
“Totally agree, and asking this: Is it Dr Tedros, WHO, China… under attack or all of them together?”:
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob also supported Dr Tedros, the first African to head WHO, calling him a “true flag bearer of multi-lateralism when global solidarity has become critical”.
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has called the World Health Organization (WHO) and its head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus “exceptional” after they were criticised by US President Donald Trump.
Mr Trump tweeted on Tuesday that the WHO was “very China-centric” yet it is “largely” funded by the US.
He warned that he could stop funding the global health organisation.
Mr Ramaphosa tweeted that the leadership of Dr Tedros, who is from Ethiopia, during the Covid-19 pandemic was “incalculable”:
