UNAIDS Head to Quit Post Early Following Scathing Report

The head of the U.N. agency focusing on AIDS says he'll leave his post in June, an early departure announced a week after independent experts looking into sexual harassment at UNAIDS blasted its "defective leadership." Executive director Michel Sidibe made the announcement during a UNAIDS board meeting Thursday in Geneva, said agency spokesman Mahesh Mahalingham. He did not elaborate. Sidibe's term was supposed to end in January 2020. On Friday, a panel of experts...

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