Germany seeks backing for Tedros at WHO helm as Africa quiet – diplomats
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By Stephanie Nebehay, Andreas Rinke and Giulia Paravicini GENEVA/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is seeking support from other European Union members to ensure a second term for Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the helm of the World Health Organisation, but African states have yet to show their cards, government sources and diplomats said on Wednesday. The deadline for proposing candidates in the politically charged race is Thursday at 1600 GMT and no other candidate for the election in May is known to have surfaced, they said. Tedros, who was elected as WHO’s first African director-general in May 201…