The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is cutting ties with a charity chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, becoming the latest western organization to take a step back from Saudi Arabia and the Crown Prince himself following the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Oct. 2.
Saudi officials deny MBS, as the Crown Prince is known, had any role in the killing, however, many analysts say it would have been impossible for him not to have been involved. The prince’s reputation in the west, once bolstered by trips to meet heads of government and by lavishly-funded advertising campaigns, has been hit hard by the Khashoggi affair. Read more