Global IssuesNews headlines for “Corruption”, page 24
UGANDA: Pressure Mounts to Make Public Oil Agreements
- Inter Press Service
Uganda’s members of parliament (MPs) are pressurising government to make public details of oil production-sharing agreements it signed with various international oil companies.
U.S.: Blackwater's Migraines Multiply
- Inter Press Service
Legal headaches are growing exponentially for the security firm formerly known as Blackwater — once the darling of the military-industrial community.
EUROPE: Tax Evasion Rampant Despite Treaties With Tax Havens
- Inter Press Service
New cases of tax evasion in several European countries are showing the limits of the informal agreements reached between the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and tax havens such as Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein.
MIDEAST: Dubai Hit Exposes Hamas's Weaknesses
- Inter Press Service
Hamas has closed ranks and is licking its wounds following the Jan. 20 assassination in Dubai of one of its top operatives, Mahmoud Al Mabhouh. It is alleged that one of its own was responsible for providing the hit team with vital logistical information.
Q&A: 'It's Not Easy to Fight Impunity'
- Inter Press Service
Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom said he intends to extend the mandate of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), in this interview with IPS during a three-day visit to the United States.
DEVELOPMENT: Free Hungry Mouths of Red Tape
- Inter Press Service
Developing countries must tone down the booming voice bureaucrats have in policies and target corruption if commitments to defeat hunger are to be turned into action, leaders and experts at a United Nations meeting said Wednesday.
POLITICS-TOGO: First Female Presidential Candidate
- Inter Press Service
Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, head of the Convention démocratique des peuples africains (Democratic Convention of African Peoples, CDPA) opposition party is Togo's first female presidential candidate.
ENVIRONMENT-HONDURAS: Forest Corruption a Major Challenge
- Inter Press Service
The effects of climate change in Honduras have a local accomplice. Not only are forests suffering from global warming; they are also the victim of illegal logging.
MIDEAST: Scandals, Assassination Plan Rock Palestinian Authority
- Inter Press Service
The Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah is fighting a tidal wave of fresh allegations, including sexual harassment, an internal power struggle and embezzlement.
U.S.: Mandated Oversight Missing in Afghan Contracts
- Inter Press Service
Lack of oversight of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contractors in Afghanistan is not a new story.
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