Nigeria-US friction over embattled AfDB chief Akinwumi Adesina
By DW
06 June 2020 |
11:00 am
The African Development Bank has launched an independent review of a report into embezzlement allegations against its president. Akinwumi Adesina has the backing of Nigeria for a second term, but the US is not convinced.
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