Achim Steiner
Mar 4 2009, Duncan Mikae

We want Anna Tibaijuka Back as the Head Of Nairobi Office. The replacement of the Director General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi Prof Anna Tibaijuka is unfair and a very bad move by the UN secretary General Mr Ban Ki Moon.

Although Prof..

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