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Amadou-Mahtar M’Bow, head of Unesco who presided over an era of financial and political scandal

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. M’Bow: described as ‘an ambitious man who has cultivated back-scratching to a fine art’, he accused his opponents of racism - ...
The New York Times

Amadou Mahtar M’Bow, 103, Dies; His Tenure Leading UNESCO Was Stormy

He was the first Black African to head a major international organization, but complaints about his administration led the U.S. and Britain to pull out of it. By Adam Nossiter Amadou Mahtar M’Bow, a ...
The Washington Post

Amadou Mahtar M’Bow, U.N. cultural chief amid rifts with West, dies at 103

Amadou Mahtar M’Bow, a former government official in post-colonial Senegal who led the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO during a stormy 13-year tenure that brought accusations of anti-Western bias and ...