Head of World Bank Fraud Unit Resigns
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The resignation of Suzanne Rich Folsom is another blow to the already shaken organization, six months after its new president took office.
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A media-generated "overheated" atmosphere forced Paul Wolfowitz to leave the World Bank, he says.
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The head of North American operations at HSBC quits a week after it warned on profits at its US housing business.
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South African police chief Jackie Selebi has resigned as president of Interpol to fight corruption allegations, the world police organization said on Sunday.
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The former head of the World Bank Paul  Wolfowitz, who resigned in a row about his companion&#39;s  promotion, said on Monday he had been forced to quit because  emotions at the organization had become &quot;overheated.&quot;
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Britain&#39;s top law-enforcement officer, a key member of Tony Blair&#39;s Cabinet, resigned yesterday after acknowledging that his department fast-tracked a visa for his former lover&#39;s nanny.
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World Bank President James  Wolfensohn has formally told the board of shareholder  governments he will retire on May 31 and will not seek another  term as head of the global lender, European sources said on  Tuesday.
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"The change we are making is the first major revision in the surveillance framework in some 30 years and it is the first ever comprehensive policy statement on surveillance"  International Monetary Fund managing director Rodrigo de Rato will step down in October, he said Thursday, some six weeks after upheaval at the helm of the sister institution, the World Bank.'My family circumstances and responsibilities, particularly with regard to the education of my children, are the reason for relinquishing earlier than expected my responsibilities at the Fund,' he said in a statement to the board of the 185-nation lending institution.De Rato, 58, a former Spanish economy minister, told the executive board of the 185-nation lending organization he would leave in October after the IMF's annual meeting. Read more
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Departing World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz  blamed an overheated atmosphere at the bank and in the media for forcing him to resign.
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Interpol head Jackie Selebi quits after being suspended as South African police chief over corruption allegations.
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THE US ambassador to the United Nations, John Danforth, has resigned less than six months after becoming the diplomatic face of Washington at the world body.
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The Tanzanian prime minister has resigned over a corruption scandal involving a contract between his office and a U.S.-based firm, he said on Thursday.
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Britain's top law enforcement officer, a key member of Tony Blair's Cabinet, resigned Wednesday after acknowledging that his department fast-tracked a visa for his former lover's nanny.
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The Kenyan anti-corruption supremo steps down just days after the government was accused of "massive looting".
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The secretary-general of the Organization of American States, Miguel Angel Rodriguez, has resigned less than a month after taking the position.
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Swiss banking giant UBS on Friday announced the surprise resignation of its chief executive Peter Wuffli following a turbulent period for the bank marked by difficulties in the US mortgage market.
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The future of the International Monetary Fund is thrown into confusion after the shock resignation of its managing director, Rodrigo de Rato.