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“Malawi Police singled as top corrupt department on ACB corruption index” Controlling officers for government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) are failing to activate the functions of Institutional Integrity Committees that President Lazarus Chakwera kick-started to enhance the fight against corruption when he commissioned the National Integrity Committee (NIC) on December 9, 2020. Deputy Secretary […]

Corruption and Protests Can’t Shake Tough Man’s Grip on Bulgaria Bloomberg 3 hrs ago Slav Okov (Bloomberg) -- A bodyguard to a former communist dictator and then a self-styled crime fighter, Bulgaria’s prime minister has made plenty of enemies over the years. In fact, Boyko Borissov has distinguished himself as a European leader for his ability to stick around. Since coming to power in 2009, there were personal scandals, allegations over ties to organized crime, street p...

Funding Opportunity Number: S-DR860-21-NOFO-001  Assistance Listing Number: 19.040  A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to share U.S. best practices in transparency mechanisms offered to civil society organizations. Please follow all instructions below.  Program Objectives:   In 2019 the Dominican Republic was ranked 137/180 in the Corruption Percep...

We have written previously about the plans to introduce a beneficial ownership register for UK properties owned by overseas companies and legal entities. Currently, whilst the land...

Whistleblowing is an act whereby an individual discloses any unethical, illegal or unauthorised act of an individual to the public at large. The RTI Act, 2005 has come to be as twin sister of...

Under the Ehsaas Governance Plan, the government is continuing with the process of rectifying BISP data

RINGTRUE BY YEMI ADEBOWALE Some of President Muhammadu Buhari’s men have been going about mocking Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). It is shocking to see these presidential aides attacking TI and blaming hapless Nigerians for our country’s poor rating. The President has also maintained a treacherous silence on this report which placed Nigeria as the second most corrupt country in West Africa, with Guinea Bissau in the first position. According to TI, CPI...

The recent report by Transparency International showed Pakistan slipping by four points in the Corruption Perception Index. The findings are contrary to the PTI’s key slogans of “say no...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Monday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to take full responsibility for Nigeria’s poor ranking on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. The global anti-corruption watchdog had last week ranked Nigeria 149 out of 180 countries mentioned in the Corruption Perception Index, the country’s worst ranking since 2015. The 2020 CPI scored Nigeria 25 out of 100 and named the country the second most corrupt nation i...

Punch Newspapers Sections Segun Adewole The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to take full responsibility for Nigeria’s poor ranking on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. The CPI placed Nigeria as the second most corrupt country in West Africa with Guinea Bissau in the first position. In reaction, SERAP, in a statement on Monday, advised the President to stop blaming Nigerians for the repo...