The domestic unit of multinational nonprofit organisation Interactive Research and Development SA (IRD SA) will pay US authorities more than $10m after being accused of “knowingly submitting to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) false claims” for payments for civil work not done.

According to US authorities, USAID in October 2019 awarded a co-operative agreement to IRD SA to provide healthcare services locally...

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