Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala took over as the new WTO chief after a long, high-powered career serving as minister of finance and foreign affairs in her native Nigeria and 25 years at the World Bank. Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP
The first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization on Monday welcomed an apology from a Swiss newspaper that had dismissed the seasoned international professional as a grandmother.
"It is important & timely that they've apologised," Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in a tweet.
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