Global IssuesNews headlines for “Corruption”, page 22
BALKANS: Freedom Fighters or Freeloaders?
- Inter Press Service
When one of Croatia’s best kept secrets, the list of independence fighters enjoying lifelong benefits, appeared on the Internet earlier this month it sparked off a huge scandal in this nation that became a sovereign state after the bloody 1991-95 war with Serbia.
Q&A: Africa’s Mid-2000s Economic Boom Fuelled Capital Flight
- Inter Press Service
The African continent has lost between 859 billion and 1.06 trillion dollars due to illicit financial flows during the 39-year period from 1970 to 2008.
New Web Portal Tracks Airlines Delivering Aid and Arms
- Inter Press Service
A new information portal launched Monday has been described as the world's first internet clearing house aimed at tracking unethical air cargo carriers transporting humanitarian aid and relief supplies to war zones while simultaneously smuggling arms and narcotics - at times, to the same conflict areas.
SIERRA LEONE: Anti-Corruption Campaign Nabs Top Officials
- Inter Press Service
The crusade against corruption seems to be gathering momentum in this West African country, with the arrest and prosecution of senior government officials, including cabinet ministers.
AFRICA: Land Grabs Continue as Elites Resist Regulation
- Inter Press Service
A year after the purchases of vast swathes of farm land in Africa first drew public attention, transactions remain as opaque as ever. Private companies are resisting a global code of conduct that would ensure transparency and local elites continue to benefit from deals that encourage corruption and increase food insecurity.
Q&A: 'Kyrgyzstan Has Undergone a Grassroots Revolution'
- Inter Press Service
Apas Kubanychbek, who hails from the high mountainous area of Ysyk-Ata in the Chuyskaya province of Kyrgyzstan, was involved in the political movements and democratic struggles of the former Soviet republic in the early 1990s.
ENVIRONMENT-NIGER: French State-Owned Company 'Poisoning' Poor
- Inter Press Service
Recent research by Greenpeace suggests that French state-owned company Areva’s public claims of decontamination of populated areas near uranium mines in Niger are false. High radio-activity persists in towns and rural areas near the mines, affecting some 80,000 people.
UGANDA: Trying to Blow the Whistle on Corruption
- Inter Press Service
The Ugandan Parliament is debating a Bill that will involve citizens in the fight against corruption following an increase in embezzlement of public funds by public servants.
US-IRAQ: Lucrative KBR Contracts Unaffected by Troop Drawdown
- Inter Press Service
Only one in nine hours billed by a contractor for running the giant military bases that house U.S. soldiers in Iraq in the first half of 2009 was for actual physical labour, according to new testimony by the Pentagon's auditors.
GHANA: Political Parties Urged to Come Clean
- Inter Press Service
There are growing fears that lack of transparency on how political parties are being funded has given rise to corruption.
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