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In S.Africa, Zuma’s graft case postponed to May

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | AFP |  Former South African president Jacob Zuma will return to court in May for a hearing on whether corruption charges against him should be dropped, a judge ruled on Friday. Zuma, who served as president from 2009 until February, is battling to quash charges against …

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African legislators meet in Kampala, commit to end corruption

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa Legislators have signed the Kampala Declaration 2018, with a commitment to devise and apply effective strategies to end corruption. The MPs meeting under the auspices of the African Organization of Public Account Committees (AFROPAC) resolved to analyse whether existing instruments, effective policies …

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Angola president fights ‘wasp nest’ of corruption in country

Lisbon, Portugal | AFP |  Angolan President Joao Lourenco on Thursday compared the fight against corruption in his country to “touching a wasps nest”, a day after his predecessor Jose Eduardo dos Santos refuted allegations he emptied the state’s finances. Dos Santos, who stepped down in September 2017 following 38 …

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Blatter urges investigation of Infantino’s meetings with Swiss prosecutor

Lausanne, Switzerland | AFP | Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter called for an investigation into his successor Gianni Infantino, after Switzerland’s Attorney General admitted meeting the current boss of world football’s governing body. The attorney general, Michael Lauber, told journalists earlier on Wednesday that his meetings with current FIFA boss …

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Nigeria ‘sex-for-marks’ don charged with corruption

Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | A Nigerian professor accused of demanding sex from a student to boost her marks has been charged with corruption, one of the country’s main anti-graft bodies has announced. The woman came forward in April with a recording of the management and accounting lecturer demanding that …

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CSO’s cast doubt on zero tolerance to corruption policy

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Anti-corruption Civil Society Organizations (CSO) have cast doubt on the zero tolerance to corruption policy passed by cabinet last week. The policy is envisaged to re-invigorate the government resolve and commitment to fight corruption. Its key action points include strengthening partnerships, coordination and synergies among …

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S.African minister in leaked sex video rejects calls to quit

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s embattled home affairs minister said Sunday he would not resign after the country’s public standards watchdog said he lied under oath and following the leaking of a private sex video. “I’m not going to resign,” minister Malusi Gigaba told the privately owned …

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COMMENT: The economic cost of corruption in Kenya

The theft jeopardises the country’s short-term skills provision objectives and causes irredeemable long-term opportunity costs COMMENT | ODONGO KODONGO | Kenya is perceived as one of the world’s most corrupt countries. It ranked 143 out of 180 countries on Transparency International’s 2017 corruption perception index. The only African countries that scored …

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