Update The board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has succumbed to the US government’s demand for an independent investigation of Akinwumi Adesina, its president. This is coming after the US treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, rejected the investigation and report of the bank’s ethics board which exonerated Adesina of allegations of favouritism. Bloomberg reports that … Continue reading AfDB succumbs to US demand, set for independent probe of Adesina