South Sudan is once again on the brink of catastrophe. By mid-2025, the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (''the Revitalized Agreement'') lay in tatters, as the country spiralled into renewed conflict marked by aerial bombardments by the South Sudan Peoples Defence Forces (SSPDF), arbitrary political detentions of key opposition leaders, as well as armed clashes between signatory parties, and former allies. Killed, displaced and
Go to resource »At the request of the authorities of Zambia, an interdepartmental (LEG/FAD/MCM/FIN) Governance Diagnostic Assessment (GDA) mission was conducted during January 14 - May 6, 2022.1 In line with the IMF's 2018 Framework on Enhanced Fund Engagement on Governance,2 the diagnostic assessment focused on governance weaknesses and corruption vulnerabilities in macroeconomically critical priority areas of: (i) the anti-corruption and anti-money laundering; (ii) fiscal governance (e.g., public financial
Go to resource »Africa concentrates 48.9% of identified industrial and semi-industrial vessels involved in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, 40% in West Africa alone which has become a global epicentre for these activities, according to a new report from the Financial Transparency Coalition and partners - a group of 11 NGOs from across the world.
Go to resource »The Reserve Bank yesterday swooped on properties belonging to disgraced former CEO of Steinhoff, Markus Jooste, Eye Witness News reports. In what was called South Africa's biggest fraud case ever, Steinhoff is alleged to have misrepresented its balance sheets to shareholders for a
Go to resource »The SIU is honoured to now present the final report to His Excellency, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa in terms of section 4(1)(g) of the Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996 (Act No. 74 of 1996) ("the SIU Act") pursuant to the publication of Proclamation R23 of 2020 ("the Proclamation"). On 23 July 2020, and with the publication of the Proclamation the President referred certain allegations of impropriety in connection with the affairs of all State
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The Pretoria High Court has set aside the decision to place Jacob Zuma on medical parole, ordering the former president to return to prison. The choice to place Zuma on medical parole was made by former Correctional Services commissioner Arthur Fraser, one which the Court determined to be illegitimate. "The decision of the first respondent (Mr Arthur Fraser at the time) to place the third respondent on medical parole, taken on September 5, 2021, is reviewed, declared unlawful and set
While South Africa, Senegal and Mauritius are very different societies, one thing they have in common is that surveys show their citizens are increasingly unhappy about the way their democracies are working. Another is that huge majorities in recent Afrobarometer surveys say corruption in their country is increasing.
The fifth in Afrobarometer's special democracy summit series on Africa.
Although President Joseph Kabila's final term as head of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was set to end in December 2016, he clung to power and delayed elections for another two years. While the eyes of many observers were fixed on the election stalling tactics in Kinshasa, Kabila's brother Francis Selemani purchased numerous luxury homes in the United States and South Africa, it appears at least in part using funds diverted from the Congolese government
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