Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Africa’s only female head of state, has resigned as president of the island nation of Mauritius after a tumultuous few weeks.
She is said to have used a credit card given to her by the Planet Earth Institute (PEI) in London to buy jewellery and clothes abroad.
Ms Gurib-Fakim’s office has however said that she “had an identical credit card from the same bank [and] inadvertently used the card from the PEI for expenses not linked to her mission”.
Local L’Express newspaper reported that she has refunded the $27,000 (£19,335).
She released a farewell video on You Tube:
Despite her resignation the government has decided to set up a commission of inquiry to see whether she violated the constitution.
BBC
