The High Court awarded victims of torture and detention without trial staggering financial reparations and set a precedent that could see hundreds of victims seek similar remuneration.
In the strongest message ever to the state on the dangers of violating constitutional rights of citizens, the Court ordered immediate payment of KES40 Million (US$533,000) to compensate [...]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has been labelled insolvent, raising new questions over the country’s squandered resources and what role corruption played in the company’s fate, reported AFP.
The firm’s relationship with the government, who forced the company to keep petrol prices low, but simultaneously held back subsidy payments, is also under intense scrutiny.
According to finance [...]
Campaign group Global Witness Tuesday 13th July welcomed the decision by the Harare High Court to grant bail to activist Farai Maguwu, who has been in custody since June 3rd. He is being charged for ‘communicating falsehoods’ about human rights abuses in the diamond mining sector.
Global Witness’s Elly Harrowell said: ‘We are pleased and relieved [...]
Thousands of people fleeing conflict, hunger and poverty in the Horn of Africa are forced to bribe their way to what they hope is a better life, a senior U.N. official said.
Tal Raviv, a regional programme development officer at the U.N.’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM), believes that between 17,000 and 20,000 Somalis and [...]
The special court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) sitting in The Hague ruled Tuesday 29th June that British supermodel Naomi Campbell can be called to give evidence over a ‘blood diamond’ allegedly given to her. Prosecutors say she was given the diamond by former Liberian president Charles Taylor who is on trial for war crimes.
Prosecutors sought [...]
A Whistleblower’ guide has been launched to increase awareness of what can be done to combat unlawful, illegal and corrupt practices in the Ghana.
The booklet launched Wednesday 2nd June aim to encourage honesty and good behaviour in relation to public money, properties and other resources.
Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, former Executive Director of the National Reconciliation [...]
The High Court in Kenya last weekend extended an order barring the Attorney General (AG) from prosecuting Naivasha MP John Mututho, over a KES40 million, (approximately £340,000) tendering scandal that occurred ten years ago.
Extending the orders, Lady Justice Jeanne Gacheche directed the AG to file his reply in three weeks.
Representing the AG, Patrick Kiage told [...]
The head of Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Abdul Tejan-Cole, resigned Thursday 6th May, as the trial of former minister of fisheries and marine resources Haja Afsata Kabbah got underway.
A feeling of déjà vu and anger is gleaned among Sierra Leoneans, not because of the resignation itself, which was expected but for the lack of [...]
Corruption in many African countries has both active and passive effects according to a new report. African Development Indicators 2010, released by the World Bank March 15th 2010, suggests that the traditional focus in studies of corruption may not account for the full effects of the phenomenon.
These studies usually look at the exchange of money, [...]
Sister organisations of transparency international (TI) in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have reported in their first ever bribery index that the Kenya police is the most corrupt institution in East Africa.
The survey conducted between 16th April and 15th May this year, indicates that Kenya has the highest incidence of corruption at 45% while the level [...]
