Global IssuesNews headlines for “Corruption”, page 7
HONDURAS: Cabinet Shake-Up Raises Questions on Influence of Cartels
- Inter Press Service
The dismissal of Óscar Álvarez as minister of security in Honduras, after he proposed a bill that would have allowed him to purge the police force of corrupt elements, has raised suspicions about the political influence of drug cartels.
SOMALIA: Armed Militia Grab the Famine Business
- Inter Press Service
Armed groups are withholding aid and preventing Somali famine refugees from leaving camps to ensure the continued supply of food by aid agencies that they are presently selling on the open market.
COTE D'IVOIRE: Toxic Waste Victims Wait Years for Compensation
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of victims affected by toxic waste dumping in 2006 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's commercial capital, still have not received the economic compensation they were promised.
KOSOVO: EU Cornered by UN Jurisdiction — Part 2
- Inter Press Service
European investigators had a hard time dealing with cases of misuse of European Union funds in Kosovo due to the complex bureaucracy that regulated the relationship between the EU and the United Nations administration, which was the only official international decision-making authority in the former Serbian province.
KOSOVO: Probes into Misuse of EU Money Stall - Part 1
- Inter Press Service
This year the European Union plans to spend an additional 70 million euros to help Kosovo work its way towards the goal of becoming a member state. But it has no plan to dig further into the alleged misuse of European taxpayers’ money that has been unresolved for the last 10 years.
BRAZIL: Rousseff Winning Allies in Undeclared War on Corruption
- Inter Press Service
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is starting to gain support for a war on corruption that she is quietly waging.
SOMALIA: Food Aid Stolen From Famine Victims
- Inter Press Service
Masses of food meant for famine victims in Somalia are being stolen, an investigation has revealed.
NEPAL: Fasting Against Corruption Spreads
- Inter Press Service
Inspired by Indian socialist leader Anna Hazare’s celebrated public fast against corruption in the Indian capital of New Delhi, starvation protests have sprung up in Nepal to press for a timely new constitution.
Q&A: 'When People Are Mad, They Start to React' to Corruption
- Inter Press Service
The fight against corruption has taken centre stage in the government of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, and has led to the resignation or dismissal of several ministers over just a few months.
INDIA: Hunger Shows its Power
- Inter Press Service
If India’s powerful central government that rules over the destinies of 1.2 billion people quails before a slight 74-year-old man, it is because he is armed with a weapon that has rarely failed in this country — extreme renunciation through a fast-unto-death.
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