AfDB President, Adesina Cleared of Ethical Wrongdoing

^{An Independent Review Panel has completely exonerated Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), of any ethical wrongdoings.}

^{The panel vindicated Adesina and stated that “It has considered the President’s submissions on their face and finds them consistent with his innocence and to be persuasive.”}

^{The three-member Independent Review Panel include Mary Robinson, who is a former President of the Republic of Ireland, a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Chairperson of the Elders, a global body of wise persons concerned with the world’s wellbeing; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Gambia, Hassan B. Jallow; and Leonard McCarthy, a former Director of Public Prosecutions, a former Director for the Office of Serious Economic Offences, and a former Head of the Directorate of Special Operations of South Africa.}

^{He also served as the Vice President of Integrity for the World Bank for nine years.}