Tag Archives: Transparency International
By John Githongo opinion The general election has been concluded and a winner declared. Congratulations are in order to all the winners and all contestants. The process was far from perfect. A friend marvelled grimly last week: “You mean in … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Op-ed
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Tagged Civil Society, Corruption Perceptions Index, IndepthAfrica, John Githongo, Kenya, Nation Media Group, Non-governmental organization, Transparency International, United States
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By Alemayehu G Mariam The silence of Ethiopia’s “beautiful minds” Professor A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the renowned Indian scientist (“Missile Man of India”) and Eleventh President of India (2002-2007) said, “If a country is to be corruption free and … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Alemayehu G. Mariam, Corruption Perception Index, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Global Financial Integrity, IndepthAfrica, India, Meles Zenawi, Negasso Gidada, Transparency International
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Former minister of education and co-founder of Transparency International, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili has said Nigeria is suffering from serious leadership crisis, stressing that if the fight against corruption is to be won then the present leadership has to turn to … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Federal government of the United States, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Nigeria, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Olusegun Obasanjo, Transparency International
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Aman Sethi While India’s Grievance Redressal Bill was forged in the fire of public protest, Ethiopia chose to incorporate anti-corruption provisions in its criminal code. “Article 416 of the criminal code deals with Undue Delay of Matters,” said an official … read more »
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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian Finance Minister, has called on leaders in Africa to muster the political will to tackle the bane of political corruption infecting neophyte democracies on the continent. She acknowledged that there are problems with organising elections in … read more »
Posted in Ghana, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Okonjo-Iweala, political corruption, Transparency International, Western world, World Bank
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Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa) Five years in the making and two years later than the scheduled launch time, a survey conducted to gauge the level of corruption in Ethiopia was released last week, by the World Bank. Nonetheless, it falls short … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ali, Civil service, Corruption Perception Index, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Transparency International, United States, World Bank
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By Terra Lawson-Remer Transparency International just released its 2012 country rankings of corruption in the public sector. The index is based on a variety of corruption-related data, including public opinion polls and assessments collected from experts living and working in … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Afghanistan, Finland, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, New Zealand, North Korea, somali news, Somalia, Transparency International, UNICEF
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By Dr Doyin Okupe The current rating of the Transparency International is not the fault of the present administration but due to decades endemic corruption in our polity. Therefore the statement by Action Congress’ Lai Mohammed, placing the blame for … read more »
December 10, 2012 by benim
by Abdullahi Jama Hussein(Hon MP) I observed with a degree of care and deligency the trend and tendency of Somalia’s political novelty since H.E Prof Hassan Sheikh Ahmed was elected to the highest office in our land. Besides rhetorical affirmation, … read more »
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, Corruption Perceptions Index, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somali Diaspora, Somali Police Force, Somalia, Transparency International
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(AP) — Somalia has bottomed out in an annual ranking of the perceived corruption of nations, joining Afghanistan and North Korea. Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index, released Wednesday, shows Somalia ranked at 174 out of the 174 nations surveyed. … read more »
ZIMBABWE has been rated by Transparency International which released its latest corruption perception index placing the nation on number 163 from a total of 176 countries worldwide making it the most corrupt nation in the SADC region. The politically volatile … read more »
Despite a marginal improvement over last year’s survey, Nigeria remained at the bottom of the heap on the global corruption index, having been ranked the 35th most corrupt country in the world by Transparency International (TI). In its 2012 report … read more »
Leadership (Abuja) editorial A recent report by the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) revealed that Nigeria’s banking sector recorded N28.4bn cases of fraud and forgeries in 2011. Again, last week, the KPMG, a global leader in auditing, in its Second … read more »
Many scholarly articles on corruption give the impression that the world is populated by two types of people: the ‘sanders’ and the ‘greasers’. The ‘sanders’ believe that corruption is an obstacle to development, while the ‘greasers’ believe that corruption can … read more »
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Tagged China, Economic growth, Ethiopia, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Global Financial Integrity, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Maxim Mironov, Transparency International
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Nigeria’s former power minister, who resigned after reports he part owned a company involved in bidding for state electricity assets, said on Wednesday he had stepped down to protect the integrity of himself and the president, but denied wrongdoing. The … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerians, Nnaji, President of the United States, Transparency International, Tuesday
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Former World Bank vice president for Africa Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, yesterday disclosed that $400 billion of Nigeria’s oil revenue was either stolen or misappropriated since the country’s independence in 1960. Ezekwesili stated this while presenting a paper captioned, “Corruption, National … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Global Financial Integrity, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafricva, Millennium Development Goals, Nigeria, Nigerian Bar Association, Transparency International, World Bank
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THE release of statistics by Corruption Watch, showing that one in four Johannesburg drivers have been asked for bribes by the city’s metro cops, comes as no surprise. THE release of statistics by Corruption Watch, showing that one in four … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Anti-Corruption, Bribery, Congress of South African Trade Unions, Corruption Watch, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jackie Selebi, Johannesburg, political corruption, Transparency International
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Ghana has a total land area of 92,100sq.miles stretching 672 km north to south and 357 km east to west. Ghana’s physical size makes it about the same size as Great Britain. Out of a total land area of 23 … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Corruption in Ghana, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore, Transparency International, United States
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By Tibebe Samuel Ferenji In 1995, I had the honor and immense pleasure of interviewing Professor Mesfin Woldemariam when I was working with “Hibret Radio”. During that interview, he told me that Mr. Meles Zenawi is someone who is incapable … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, EPRDF, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Global Financial Integrity, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Mesfin Woldemariam, Transparency International
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While French authorities are deciding whether to issue an international warrant for the arrest of Equatorial Guinea’s agriculture minister, Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue, he is visiting Swaziland, where he is said to be dating King Mswati’s daughter and was expected … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Daily News Wrap, Equatorial Guinea, News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Equatorial Guinea, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mswati III, South Africa, Swaziland, Transparency International
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Bujumbura – A Burundian anti-graft activist detained two weeks ago for criticising the justice minister over alleged corruption was freed on Tuesday. “I am happy to be freed from prison where I spent two weeks for no reason, because all … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bujumbura, Burundi, East Africa, Friday, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ndikumana, political corruption, Transparency International
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Cape Town – Warning that corruption was on the verge of making South Africa dysfunctional, IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi told President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday that he was shying away from tackling it. “Corruption is the bane of our country,” … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Bheki Cele, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde, Jacob Zuma, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South Africa, Transparency International, Zuma
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Aleksandar PAVIC In the tantrums thrown by the Western powers in the wake of the Russo-Chinese veto of their UN Security Council resolution on Syria, the US’s UN Ambassador, Susan Rice, expressed «disgust» at these two states’ behavior. In addition … read more »
Posted in Aleksandar PAVIC, Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Dick Marty, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kosovo, NATO, Russia, Serbia, Syria, Transparency International, United States
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Bujumbura – Burundi police have detained an anti-graft activist who criticised the country’s justice minister over corruption in the judiciary, where candidates for jobs were expected to pay bribes. Faustin Ndikumana was arrested late on Tuesday and told reporters before … read more »
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Tagged Bujumbura, Burundi, East Africa, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Justice Ministry, political corruption, Transparency International
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Nairobi – One Kenyan had to pay a $24 bribe to a traffic cop for speeding – but then successfully argued that $8 of it should be returned so he could have something left to pay bribes farther down the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Tagged Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, India, Kenya, Nairobi, Philippines, Ragui, Sri Lanka, Transparency International, Wells Fargo
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Last week Forbes Magazine, in its list of the happiest and saddest countries in the world, disclosed that we are one of three saddest nations in the world. The recently released 2011 index, billed as an “inquiry into global wealth … read more »
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Corruption Perception Index, Ethiopia, Ethiopians, Forbes, GDP, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Lennon, Transparency International
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Freetown – Law enforcement officials from seven West African states on Monday discussed ways of stepping up their fight against corruption at a US-sponsored conference in Sierra Leone. Organised by the US state and justice departments, the four-day conference will … read more »
Posted in News, West Africa
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Tagged Business and Economy, Corruption Perceptions Index, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Sierra Leone, Transparency International, United States, West Africa
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Somalia and North Korea are perceived as the most corrupt countries, a report released this week said. New Zealand, on the other hand, comes in at number one with the most sparkly clean reputation for corruption. The report, released by … read more »
November 23, 2011 by benim
Johannesburg – Corruption and bribery are getting worse in southern Africa, according to a survey by anti-corruption organisation Transparency International on Tuesday. In four out of the six countries surveyed, people reported paying bribes to speed up services, but in … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa
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Tagged breaking news, Bribery, Democratic Republic of Congo, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Malawi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, political corruption, South Africa, Southern Africa, Transparency International, West Africa
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September 9, 2011 by benim
Liberians will vote next month in their first domestically organised election since a 1989-2003 civil war, but logistical problems could threaten the process and undo fragile gains made under President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. The stakes are high for the impoverished West … read more »
Posted in Liberia, News, West Africa
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Tagged Election, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, International Crisis Group, Liberia, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Transparency International, United Nations, West Africa, Winston Tubman
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