Nairobi, March 6 -- Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) deputy director Dr Ahmed Ogwell, from Kenya, will be leaving the agency at the end of this month, a victim of new rules on quotas and rotation.

Dr Ogwell told the Nation he is resigning from his position at the end of this month but declined to expound on the reasons, only promising to explain soon.

The Nation, however, understands that Dr Ogwell is barred from reapplying for another term, following the introduction of rotational quotas to ensure more countries are represented at agencies of the African Union.

His resignation came in the wake of a post on X by Africa CDC Director-General Dr Jean Kaseya who indicated that the position of deputy director g...