The former Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) Justice Emmanuel Ayoola (Rt) was reported to have expressed anger and frustration in Ibadan, South West Nigeria, in 2010, when he accused the government and the National Assembly (NA) of frustrating the ICPC ‘s effort of fighting corruption by starving it of funds. [...]
The ANC must have had a headache when they saw the bill in the morning. The near unanimous passing of the Protection of Information Bill by South Africa’s ANC was always going to cost them, but local protests over the censorship plans has been bolstered by worldwide denunciation of what media and commentators are calling [...]
Presidential elections are due in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 28 November, but fears are mounting that polls will not take place as planned. Last month the central African country witnessed bloody political protests and arson attacks in capital city Kinshasa, signifying a risk that the elections could propel the country into a [...]
The theft of public funds from developing African nations is an immense problem, but given the concealed nature of such practices is often very difficult to qualify. It is a problem which encompasses a number of financial arenas, including the acceptance of bribes, exploitation of tax payer’s funds, tax leakage, inflation of the value of [...]
The Mo- Ibrahim Foundation’s annual Index was released this week, ranking African countries on the basis of good governance. The Index evaluates 53 African countries (prior to the South Sudan’s secession from Sudan) on four counts: Safety and Rule of Law; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable Economic Activity; and Human Development. The ratings are scored [...]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has discovered further falsified batches of Zidolam-N, the anti-retroviral (ARV) drug commonly used in the treatment of HIV, that was found to have been tampered with in September. Tablets carrying a reference of ‘batch number E100766’ were previously identified as fake, and WHO has now confirmed batch numbers A9351, A9357, [...]
The self styled ‘lord’ and socialite Edward Davenport, dubbed ‘fast Eddie’, has been jailed for his part in a multimillion-pound fraud case. Davenport has courted controversy over the years. He purchased his 33 Portland Place mansion from the Sierra Leone government for cut market rate in 1999, when the country was in the midst of [...]
Amnesty International has commended this West African nation in principle for its renewed commitment to the principles of Human Rights. Despite the country affirming their commitment to Human Rights and Maternal care, the advocacy group have called for ‘necessary steps to abolish the death penalty in national legislation and to commute existing death sentences to [...]
Rudy Guede, the Ivory Coast born drifter, now stands as the only individual found guilty of the murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher, in Perugia, Italy in November 2007. Amanda Knox and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were released on 4 October after an appeals court in Italy overturned their previous murder convictions, which had them [...]
Nigeria’s presidential election last April may have heralded a new era for the country’s electoral system, but what needs to be done to ensure these gains aren’t lost in future polls? Lessons from Nigeria’s 2011 Elections, International Crisis Group’s latest briefing, examines the vote that restored President Goodluck Jonathan to office and left the ruling [...]
