Tag Archives: anti-corruption

Running a government like a business – Something the Sierra Leone Pres...

February 3, 2013 no comments

“It is bold, it is big, and it could define our nation’s destiny well into the lives of our grandchildren”.  These are the powerful words of the president of Sierra Leone, as he launched the Triparti...

OSIWA’s partnership with Integrity Nigeria yields new tool to combat c...

January 16, 2013 no comments

The Open Society Initiative of West Africa (OSIWA) say its strategy to develop and implement Strong governance institutions, processes and structures that are transparent, accountable, intolerant of ...

Anti-Corruption Commission makes progress as President Ernest Koroma r...

October 24, 2011 no comments

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE – The Commissioner of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has on (Thursday) 20th October 2011, presented a eight hundred and sixty-seven million, nine hundred and six th...

Mozambique takes steps to curb the theft of public money by proposing ...

July 28, 2011 no comments

The government in Mozambique has proposed new anti-corruption laws and toughened its century-old criminal code to curb the theft of public money, according to the state’s media. The southern Af...

Fifa anti-corruption officials heading to Zimbabwe

June 24, 2011 no comments

Fifa anti-corruption officials will travel to Zimbabwe next week to help wrap up a match-fixing investigation involving the country’s national team. The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has...

Farida Waziri calls for special courts to try corruption cases in Nige...

May 28, 2011 2 comments

Farida Waziri, the head of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency EFCC, has called for special courts to try corruption cases and urged developed countries to assist Africa to recover its looted funds, he...

Sierra Leone’s President Koroma appoints new Anti-Corruption Com...

July 22, 2010 1 comment

The president of the republic of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, in keeping with his commitment to eliminate corruption in his country, has appointed a new Anti-Corruption Commissioner. This appoint...

Senegal Told to Fight Graft in Order to Benefit from U.S. Aid

May 28, 2010 no comments

The U.S. administration has warned Senegal that maintaining a recent $540 million aid grant depended on its success in fighting corruption, after a series of incidents raising doubts over its anti-gr...

An Ungrateful Public Servant – When the Love for Money Overshadows One...

May 15, 2010 no comments

When you are born of  a country that is in desperate need for a dramatic overhaul of its political and economic systems, and you are positioned by virtue of your trade, experience and education to he...

The Transformation of a Country – The Commitment of a President

May 11, 2010 no comments

Sierra Leoneans around the world must be proud of what has been achieved in a short period of time by the government of its new dynamic leader, president Ernest Bai Koroma. As Sierra Leone faces many...

The President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma has Acted Decisively a...

May 9, 2010 1 comment

It was the intention of Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma on his election as president of Sierra Leone to end and dismantle the culture of graft that had become the single biggest threat to the development and p...

President Ernest Koroma to Appoint a New Anti-Corruption Commissioner ...

May 8, 2010 1 comment

In keeping with his determination to fight corruption and end the prevalence of graft in his country, the President of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, will soon be appointing a new head of the co...

Mozambique to Receive $427 Million From Donors After Government Agrees...

March 25, 2010 2 comments

The government of Mozambique has agreed to a set of measures that will ultimately improve governance and make way for the clamp down on corruption in government. Donor countries have decided to begin...

The Media and the Fight against Corruption: The Sierra Leone Experien...

March 18, 2010 14 comments

Being a government minister in today’s Africa is probingly a menacing reality; a reality not of a Hollywood style, but one of fact of living. In Hollywood it’s good to be yourself, but it’s even bett...

Get Paid For Exposing Corruption – African Style

December 24, 2009 no comments

In what is meant to be a desperate measure to discourage corruption in public office, the President of Liberia,  Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf  has issued a decree offering to pay and protect informants who ...

Sierra Leone’s NRA Boss Allieu Sesay Suspended Over Allegations of Fin...

December 22, 2009 no comments

The head of Sierra Leone’s National Revenue Authority, (NRA) has been suspended from office with immediate effect pending investigations by the Country’s Ant-Corruption Commission. The An...