Korruption und Missmanagement
Präsident entlässt Tausende Beamte - wegen gefälschter Abschlüsse
Tansania
Spiegel Online
Fast 10.000 Beamte in Tansania haben auf Anordnung von Präsident John Magufuli ihren Job verloren. Ihnen wird vorgeworfen, sich mit gefälschten Zeugnissen beworben zu haben.
In Tansania wurden landesweit in den Personalakten tausender Staatsbediensteter gefälschte Zeugnisse entdeckt. Präsident John Magufuli reagierte darauf nun mit einer Kündigungswelle. 9932 Angestellte werden aus dem Staatsdienst entlassen.
Nigeria's EFCC 'finds $43m in Lagos flat'
Nigeria
BBC News
More than $43m (£34m) has been seized from a flat in Nigeria's main city, Lagos, the anti-corruption agency says.
Officials raided the flat after a tip-off about a "haggard-looking" woman in "dirty clothes" taking bags in and out of it, the agency added.
The money was believed to be from unlawful activity, but no arrests have as yet been made, the agency added.
This is the latest in a series of raids which uncovered bundles of cash in Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy.
Yahya Jammeh: Other leaders accused of looting the coffers
Africa
BBC News
Yahya Jammeh is suspected of stealing state funds, a time-honoured tradition among departing dictators
More than $11m (£8.8m; €10.3m) is reportedly missing from The Gambia's state coffers following the departure of long-time leader Yahya Jammeh, who clung to power for nearly two months despite losing the presidential election in December.
Mr Jammeh, thought to now be in Equatorial Guinea, is not the first leader accused of lining his own pockets with state funds. In fact, many have taken far more.
Gambia's former leader Yahya Jammeh 'made off with millions and luxury cars'
Gambia
The Telegraph
Gambia's former leader Yahya Jammeh 'made off with millions and luxury cars', says president Adama Barrow's adviser
By Adrian Blomfield, in Nairobi
Gambia’s new president has disavowed an immunity deal for his predecessor after accusing him of fleeing into exile with a plane-load of luxury cars and cash stolen from the central bank.
Eine Pest namens Korruption
Äquatorialguinea
FAZ
Die Anklage in Paris gegen den Präsidentensohn Teodorín Obiang wegen Bereicherung und Geldwäsche wirft ein Licht auf Afrikas größtes Problem: die Ausbeutung vieler Länder durch ihre korrupten Herrscher.
Von Thomas Scheen
NAIROBI, 6. Januar. ist ein kleines, armes Land an der Westküste Afrikas. Doch Teodorín Obiang lebt in unbeschreiblichem Luxus.
Nigeria streicht Zehntausenden „Geisterbeamten“ das Gehalt
Nigeria
FAZ
Kampf gegen Korruption
Sie bekamen Lohn, obwohl sie nie zur Arbeit erschienen: Nigerias Regierung hat Zehntausende Beamte von der Gehaltsliste gestrichen. Das spart eine gehörige Summe Geld.
Im Kampf gegen die Korruption nimmt die nigerianische Regierung die „Geister-Beamten“ des Staatsapparats ins Visier. Im Laufe des Jahres seien rund 50.000 solcher Bediensteter von den staatlichen Gehaltslisten gestrichen worden, weil sie zwar formell als Staatsbedienstete geführt und entlohnt wurden, aber nie bei der Arbeit auftauchten, wie das Präsidialamt in Abuja am Dienstag mitteilte.
Equatorial Guinea's VP Obiang's cars seized in Switzerland
Equatorial Guinea
BBC News
Prosecutors in Switzerland have seized luxury cars belonging to the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea, who they are investigating for corruption.
Teodorin Obiang Nguema, the son of the country's president, is accused of money laundering. He has not commented.
Swiss authorities have seized 11 cars in total.
Among them was reportedly a Porsche valued at more than $830,000 (£667,000) and a Bugatti Veyron which sells for $2m (£1.7m).
The accused is due in court next year in France on similar charges, which he denies.
Nepotismus
Afrika
Netzwerk Afrika, Afrikanachrichten
Die Opposition ist wütend, dass Präsident Mugabe seinen Schwiegersohn als Betriebsmanager der nationalen Luftfahrtgesellschaft Air Zimbabwe ernannt hat. Simba Chikore ist zwar Pilot, aber nicht unbedingt effektiver Manager.
Weitere Fälle von Vetternwirtschaft in Afrika allein in diesem Jahr: In Liberia macht Präsidentin Sirleaf ihren Sohn Chef der Zentralbank.
Präsident Museveni von Uganda ernennt seinen Sohn als General der Armee.
Leaders Amass Great Wealth as Nation Suffers, Report Says
South Sudan
New York Times
By RICK GLADSTONE
Leaders of the two sides responsible for mass killings and rapes in the South Sudan conflict have amassed enormous wealth inside and outside the country, at least some of it illegally, according to an investigative report released on Monday by a Washington advocacy group.
The families and top associates of the principal opponents in the conflict, President Salva Kiir and his rival and former vice president, Riek Machar, own multimillion-dollar properties, drive luxury cars and stay at expensive hotels, “all while much of their country’s population suffers fr
Corruption getting worse
Malawi
Nyasa Times, Malawi
‘Yes’ Malawi corruption getting worse, President Mutharika admits
Malawian President Peter Mutharika has responded to the claim by Britain’s High Commissioner Michael Nevin that corruption in his country is “worsening” by admitting that it is.
In a newspaper interview, Nevin who leaves the country at the end of a four-year tour of duty, warned that rule of law could be permanently undermined by failure to arrest those who break the law.
Malawi government official spokesperson and Information and Civic Education Minister Patricia Kaliati rejected the perception that