Arusha — The Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Adolf Mkenda has warned that poor resource management, corruption and the mismanagement of public projects could continue to undermine Africa’s fight against poverty and hinder development. Speaking over the weekend in Arusha at the National Accountability Forum (YAIF), organised by the Wajibu Institute, Prof Mkenda…
The move comes after a commission found Deshabandu Tennakoon guilty of gross abuse of power. Sri Lanka’s Parliament has voted to fire the country’s police chief for misconduct and gross abuse of power in the island’s first impeachment of an inspector general. Lawmakers on Tuesday voted to sack Deshabandu Tennakoon, who was accused of sending…
Anticorruption agencies arrest four suspects after government forced to backtrack on push to strip them of autonomy. Ukrainian authorities have detained several officials over a “large-scale corruption scheme” in the defence sector, just days after lawmakers restored the independence of the country’s two main investigative bodies. The National Anti-Corruption Agency (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption…
In South Africa’s struggling anti-corruption landscape, leadership and operational independence are among the factors enabling the unit’s success. In a country where anti-corruption enforcement is floundering, outgunned or captured, one agency keeps delivering good results – the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). Entering its headquarters in Pretoria, it is easy to see how the SIU is…
Former leader accused of using a broker married to his personal secretary to secure government insurance policies. Argentina’s former President, Alberto Fernandez, has been ordered to stand trial for alleged corruption related to insurance policies taken out by the government for the public sector during his 2019-2023 term. Fernandez will be prosecuted for “negotiations incompatible with the exercise…
US President Donald Trump has called for Israel to “pardon” Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for alleged corruption, or drop the case altogether. He also claimed in a social media post that the US had saved Israel – alluding to its intervention in Israel’s war with Iran – and would now also “save” Netanyahu….
