Khaled el-Enany and Firmin Matoko compete for UNESCO’s top role

UNESCO’s executive board began voting Monday to select a new director-general, choosing between an Egyptian former antiquities minister and a Congolese economist in an election overshadowed by the U.S. withdrawal and a resulting budget crisis. The winner will lead the UN’s cultural and educational agency at a time of profound financial and political challenges.

The race pits Egypt’s Khaled el-Enany, an archaeologist and former…