Challenges of Development in Africa
Presenting a new book Challenges of Development in Africa The Missing Technology Link and the Morbid Corruption Pandemic While a continent steeped in lore and beauty, nobody can deny that … Read More
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Latest developments indicate corruption is still endemic in Africa
BY ALAN GREEN Earlier this month of May 2015, the government of Netherlands suspended its cooperation with Benin due to “a serious fraud case,” in the words of the Netherlands …
Africa in the 2013 human development report
According to the 2013 Human Development Report, an independent publication commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the continued growth of the economies of the South, after the developed …
Africa in world corruption rankings
The 2013 edition of Transparency International’s annual ranking of countries worldwide based on the level of corruption the previous year is out. Known as The Corruption Perception Index, CPI, the …
Controversy over African leaders’ donations to French politicians
BY ED ARTHUR Robert Bourgi, an influential French lawyer who calls himself “a close friend of French President Nicolas Sarkozy” whom he is known to advise about African issues, has …
Openness demanded in African natural resource contracts
BY ED ARTHUR Global Witness, a non-governmental organization that guards against exploitative uses of natural resources around the world, recently decried a number of surreptitious business agreements between oil, gas …