FORMER IRISH PRESIDENT TO LEAD A PANEL INVESTIGATING LEADER OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION

On 2 July, The Journal reported that former President Mary Robinson will lead a panel to investigate the leader of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, 60, a Nigerian who is accused by whistleblowers of corruption. He was cleared by the organisation’s ethics committee, but international pressure has mounted with the United States calling in May for an independent investigation.

https://www.thejournal.ie/mary-robinson-bank-african-investigation-5139092-Jul2020/

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