June 17
Africa: Restoring Trust - Confronting Corruption and Championing Integrity
58 percent of respondents to a worldwide survey believed that their political system has been captured by an elite that is corrupt, obsolete, and unreformable. Corruption thrives… Read more »
December 07, 2023
Africa: Combating Corruption to Address the Triple Planetary Crises
The triple planetary crisis of climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and pollution is a threat to the well-being and survival of millions of people around the world. Corruption, in… Read more »
December 16, 2022
Africa: Four Ways to Overcome Corruption in the Race Against Climate Crisis
The writer is Deputy Director, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP Read more »
September 27, 2022
Africa: Is There Hope for Anti-Corruption Efforts Within the G20?
As global crises mount, the G20 is proving unable to find solutions. Political disagreements within the bloc- including most prominently with Russia over the ongoing war in… Read more »
August 10, 2007
Guinea Bissau: African Paradise for South American Traffickers
Guinea-Bissau has become the first African narco-state, where South American traffickers have set up their headquarters and hideouts for large-scale cocaine smuggling operations… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Women As an Antidote to Corruption?
Sierra Leone will hold general elections Saturday with a number of significant achievements in hand, not least maintaining peace for five years. Read more »
August 25, 2006
Africa: A Ghastly Disease Feeds Off a Ghastlier Oppression
Gender inequality has become the main driver of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, especially in Africa, where 70 percent of those infected are women. Read more »
June 24, 2005
Zimbabwe: 'I'm Ready to Stand in Front of the Gun and be Shot'
A coalition of more than 200 African and international civic groups has called on the United Nations and African Union to press for an end to evictions and demolitions that have… Read more »