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Africa
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Africa to crack down on illicit diamond trade

afrol News, 12 March - A new project in 16 sub-Saharan African countries producing and dealing in diamonds, gold, and precious minerals is to strengthen their defences against money laundering, smuggling, and terrorist financing.

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Somalia
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UN confirms Somalia food aid corruption

afrol News, 11 March - The UN's food aid agency WFP today confirmed the authenticity of a leaked report, which concludes that up to half the food aid sent to Somalia is stolen by corrupt contractors. WFP has already frozen cooperation with three Somali transport contractors.

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Guinea-Bissau
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Security reforms crucial for Guinea-Bissau, UN report

afrol News, 4 March - Security sector reform remains the most crucial element to ensuring stability in Guinea-Bissau. This is according to a new United Nations report, which calls on the international community to support the country’s efforts towards this goal.

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Africa | World
Politics | Economy - Development | Society
Fight organised crime like a pandemic – Ban

afrol News, 25 February - The United Nations has denounced organised crime as a threat to international peace and security, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling on Member States to confront the scourge with the same unity and determination they have shown in fighting pandemics or terrorism.

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Nigeria
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Nigeria appeals for power back-up

afrol News, 23 February - Nigerian authorities have appealed to all gas and oil firms to back the government in fighting the looming power crisis in the West Africa state.

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» 19.02.2010 - 18 arrested for defrauding government
» 16.02.2010 - Kenya heading for a political disaster
» 15.02.2010 - Police chief sentenced to 7 years
» 15.02.2010 - Kibaki overrules PM’s decision
» 02.02.2010 - UK to return £43 million stolen funds
» 27.01.2010 - Nigeria seizes fake drugs
» 26.01.2010 - US withhold Kenya’s education aid
» 20.01.2010 - Tighten controls on military assistance to Somalia - AI
» 18.01.2010 - Algeria probes giant gas firm
» 11.01.2010 - Sierra Leone government bans logging
» 06.01.2010 - Kabila kicks out corrupt civil servants
» 05.01.2010 - Nigeria’s Central Bank refutes sack order reports
» 04.01.2010 - Rhino poachers arrested in Kenya
» 18.12.2009 - Appeals court rejects bail application for former ports chief
» 18.12.2009 - Union calls for resignation of education minister
» 16.12.2009 - Kibaki orders investigation into missing school funds
» 11.12.2009 - Britain bans 20 Kenyan officials
» 10.12.2009 - Zambia to tighten anti-craft laws
» 09.12.2009 - Corruption obstacle to achieving MDGs
» 08.12.2009 - Arms and minerals’ smuggling still rife in DRC, report
» 04.12.2009 - Nigeria uncovers $15.3 million scam in schools fees
» 03.12.2009 - INTERPOL and FIFA set up international taskforce against illegal sports betting
» 03.12.2009 - Seychelles rejects financial piracy allegations
» 01.12.2009 - INTERPOL-Africa operation seize illegal Ivory
» 26.11.2009 - Gabon resumes census of civil servant to root out corruption
» 26.11.2009 - UNITA demands the naming of corrupt officials
» 25.11.2009 - Nigerian cyber fraudster in court
» 17.11.2009 - Countries in conflict greatly challenged by corruption
» 11.11.2009 - Djibouti forcibly repatriates Somali asylum seekers
» 10.11.2009 - Former NPA chief denied bail
» 10.11.2009 - UNODC chief blames shady trade on financial crisis
» 29.10.2009 - Embezzlement case against Africa trio overturned
» 28.10.2009 - Angola slams French ruling on arms deal
» 27.10.2009 - IMF returns Senegal's bag of dollars gift to official
» 27.10.2009 - Gabon rejects nearly 300 migrants
» 27.10.2009 - Former ports chief jailed for 2 years
» 26.10.2009 - Kenya probes missing funds in resettlement programme
» 23.10.2009 - Nigeria cracks a whip on cyber fraudsters
» 21.10.2009 - SA local govt clouded by corruption
» 20.10.2009 - Gabon recalls Central Bank Governor
» 23.09.2009 - Malagasy NGOs unite against plunder of natural resources
» 17.09.2009 - 'No one-size-fits-all rule to prevent corruption' - UN report
» 04.09.2009 - Drug-trafficking and money laundering chief extradited to the US
» 02.09.2009 - 16 Somalis die in an attempt to reach Yemen
» 31.08.2009 - Not yet over for Chiluba
» 26.08.2009 - Heads rolling as govt seeks to jail Chiluba
» 17.08.2009 - Chiluba acquitted
» 14.08.2009 - A few more days before Chiluba’s verdict
» 06.08.2009 - SA govt refutes claims of doggy arms’ deals
» 06.08.2009 - Investigations uncover large-scale illicit drug production in Guinea
» 06.08.2009 - Former congressman convicted of corruption charges related to African deals
» 05.08.2009 - Former border agent sentenced on Tanzanian Leopard Tortoises case
» 24.07.2009 - Namibian court orders continued freezing of assets
» 20.07.2009 - China president’s son in Namibia’s corruption case
» 17.07.2009 - Corrupt DRC magistrates send packing
» 16.07.2009 - Lesotho govt not backing off new financial tool
» 09.07.2009 - HRW denounced use of oil revenues in E/Guinea
» 09.07.2009 - New initiative to fight organised crime in West Africa
» 06.07.2009 - New SA crime-busting unit launched
» 06.07.2009 - Kenya, most corrupt East African state - report
» 17.06.2009 - UN probes stolen aid in Somalia
» 12.06.2009 - Egypt has enough wheat reserves, govt
» 27.05.2009 - Court upholds decision to sack anti graft chief
» 26.05.2009 - Equatorial Guinea denies accounts and real estate in Spain
» 19.05.2009 - Angola intensifies security at DRC border to halt diamond smuggling
» 18.05.2009 - More Africa states join the global extractives transparency initiative
» 18.05.2009 - SA opposition calls for investigation into R2.4 million Zuma party
» 14.05.2009 - Tanzanian newspaper faces closure from harsh court decision
» 06.05.2009 - French magistrate to investigate 3 African presidents for corruption
» 04.05.2009 - New guide to recovery looted funds published
» 23.04.2009 - Opposition cautions against cover up in bribery saga
» 17.04.2009 - Call for probe into Burundi activist's death
» 16.04.2009 - Swiss blocks $150 million bribes account
» 14.04.2009 - Former Halliburton chief ready to spill the beans
» 09.04.2009 - $150 million Nigerian bribes money frozen in Swiss account
» 08.04.2009 - Muluzi battling 'shame and glory' in courts
» 06.04.2009 - Zuma a free man, but how free is SA?
» 02.04.2009 - Three former ministers freed
» 02.04.2009 - Obiang warns action against the judiciary
» 01.04.2009 - Lesotho's public accounts still a shame
» 23.03.2009 - Egypt demands Pharoanic coffin back
» 20.03.2009 - Record drug bust in SA - Is the World Cup the trigger?
» 17.03.2009 - Liberia Senate chief resigns
» 16.03.2009 - Rwanda remains top performer in fight against corruption
» 13.03.2009 - AU gets UN support to fight illicit drug trafficking
» 12.03.2009 - Government to mismanage funds – Burundi opposition charges
» 02.03.2009 - Opposition parties rally support against subsidy cut
» 26.02.2009 - Gabon president’s accounts frozen in France
» 26.02.2009 - Conte’s son confession questioned
» 17.02.2009 - Museveni creates sweetheart cabinet post for wife
» 16.02.2009 - Botswana passports could be at risk
» 13.02.2009 - Africa communities invited to disect anti-corruption agencies
» 12.02.2009 - KBR pleads guilty to bribe charges
» 11.02.2009 - US and Canada blocks electronic orders from Ghana and Nigeria
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