Didier Drogba charity probed by watchdog

A foundation set up by former Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba to help poor communities in the Ivory Coast is to be investigated by the charities watchdog.

The Charity Commission said it had “serious regulatory concerns about a number of compliance issues” raised following a Daily Mail investigation of the Didier Drogba Foundation.

The Mail reported that less than 1% of the £1.7m raised by the foundation in the UK had gone to worthy causes in the west African country.