Harare — Reports this year of illicit moneys from African countries stashed in a Swiss bank - indicating that corruption lies behind much of the income inequality that affects the continent - have grabbed international news headlines.
Secret bank accounts in the HSBC's Swiss private banking arm unearthed this year by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) were said to hold over 100 billion dollars, some of which came from Africa, including some of the poorest nations on the continent.
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