By Danilo Desiderio The Brookings Institution’s latest Foresight Africa report lands with uncomfortable precision. Across the continent, fewer than half of citizens trust their presidents. Confidence...
By Gregory Simpkins Over decades of working on African issues – analyzing governments and economies and working with businesspeople wanting to enter African markets – it...
By Gregory Simpkins As I have written previously, South Sudan is critically placed in the geopolitical context. For example, waters that form the White Nile River...
By Mary Alorh Over the years, the political landscape of Africa has undergone significant transformation, particularly in terms of political participation. Today, most African nations embrace...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Before the conclusion of the Cold War, a prominent characteristic of populist leaders and administrations was their inclination towards the nationalization of...
AP | A judge in Haiti has issued arrest warrants for more than 30 high-ranking officials accused of government corruption, including numerous former presidents and prime...
AP | The corruption trial of former South African President Jacob Zuma was postponed again Monday as he seeks to have the lead prosecutor removed from...
Bloomberg | A court in Mozambique found the former president’s son and 10 others guilty for their role in a US$2 billion tuna-bond scandal that spawned...
Reuters | Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested and charged the country’s Vice President Saulos Chilima over graft allegations, it said on Friday, following months of investigation...
Bloomberg | Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera fired his head of police and said he won’t delegate duties to Vice President Saulos Chilima after they were named...
By Gregory Simpkins The Corporate Council on Africa recently hosted a briefing in Washington by United Nations High Representative for Infrastructure. Raila Odinga, a Kenyan politician...
Reuters | A South African court on Tuesday granted another adjournment in former president Jacob Zuma’s arms deal corruption trial, as his legal team pushes for...
Reuters | A South African judge on Wednesday dismissed a bid by former president Jacob Zuma to appeal an earlier ruling rejecting his attempt to have...
Zuma still faces corruption charges in a separate case in which he is accused of receiving bribes from French arms firm Thales.
Zuma is facing 18 charges including corruption and money laundering and has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Zuma faces 16 charges of fraud, graft and racketeering
Bloomberg | Former South African President Jacob Zuma appeared in court on Wednesday to face corruption, money laundering and racketeering charges, and pleaded not guilty on...
Nigeria’s former national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has been arrested for allegedly stealing billions of dollars meant to buy weapons to fight Boko Haram Islamist extremists...
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma is expected to receive a frosty reception when he opens parliament on Thursday, with opponents set to disrupt his nationally-televised state...
Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. PHOTO/File (HCNN) – Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide has been prohibited from leaving the country as relevant judicial authorities resumed a...
Leaders of anti-corruption agencies in Africa are meeting in Ghana’s capital Accra to discuss strategies to curb graft on the continent. Delegates from 17 Commonwealth African...
Aliko Dangote, CEO of the Dangote Group, believes that Africa needs to have strong institutions to combat corruption. Dangote advised, “One of the greatest obstacles apart...
The list of the government’s priorities for reform is long, from improving the business environment to cutting deficits and expanding the provision of free secondary education...
Côte d’Ivoire awarded 294 billion CFA francs ($617.87 million) worth of public procurement, nearly 43 percent last year’s total by value, via no-bid contracts according to...
South Africa’s Public Protector has released a report revealing improper use of public money on the upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s private home, saying the president...
Zimbabwe’s safari industry has set a target of $85 million revenue inflow for the 2014 hunting season. However, questions remain if this is attainable, as the...
A commission from the Organization of American States (OAS) is to visit Grenada in April as part of the follow up process of the Inter American...
While oil could potentially accelerate the country’s development, Liberians also remember that mismanagement of its forestry, gold and diamonds resources was a factor that led to...
Thousands of critics of Haiti’s President Michel Martelly staged protest marches on Monday, some ripping down billboards of the president and vowing to drive him from...
Former Zambia President Rupiah Banda. PHOTO/File (AFP) – Zambia’s ex-president Rupiah Banda pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of illicitly receiving election campaign vehicles and...
(AP) – The Salva Kiir administration in South Sudan has suspended two cabinet ministers and ordered an investigation into corruption allegations against them. President Salva Kiir...
Opposition leader Arnhim Eustace (l) and St. Vincent Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves (r) The leader of the opposition in St. Vincent, Arnhim Eustace has revealed...
Barbados is rated as the top Caribbean country with Denmark, Finland and New Zealand tied for first place according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2012....
Zambian former First Lady Thandiwe Banda. PHOTO/File Zambia’s former First Lady Thandiwe Banda was Friday questioned by Police in connection with luxurious villas in Lusaka and...
CMC – Transparency International’s 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on Thursday ranked Barbados as the least corrupt country in the region. A report released by the...
African leaders gave immediate former French president Jacques Chirac (pictured) and his prime minister Dominique de Villepin briefcases full of cash, notably to finance election campaigns,...
The Integrity Commission has referred a matter involving the former finance minister to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
ABUJA, Nigeria — A government agency says Nigeria could lose more than $3 billion from its annual share of oil revenues if proposed laws are passed...
