Mary Robinson to lead probe into African Development Bank head

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Akinwumi Adesina was cleared by the AfDB's ethics committee, but the US has called for an independent investigation

Robinson will lead the panel which includes Gambia's chief justice Hassan Jallow and the World Bank's integrity vice-president Leonard McCarthyIreland's former president Mary Robinson will lead a panel to investigate the leader of the African Development Bank , accused by whistle-blowers of corruption, the bank said.

He was cleared by the organisation's ethics committee, but international pressure has mounted with the US calling in May for an independent investigation.

 

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