The Egyptian candidate, who will succeed France's Audrey Azoulay, won the position of director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) by a landslide, receiving a total of 55 votes compared to just two for his Congolese rival.

PARIS: An Egyptian antiquities professor and ex-tourism minister is facing off against a Congolese economist who promoted schooling in refugee camps in a race to become the new…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) nominated former Egyptian tourism and antiquities minister Khaled el-Anani as...