Korruption und Missmanagement

Al Jazeera President Chakwera makes move amid allegations of corruption, nepotism and economic mismanagement against his party. Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has dissolved the country’s entire cabinet amid charges of corruption against several ministers, he announced in an address to the nation. Late on Monday, President Chakwera said that he had decided to allow the three ministers and other public officers accused of corruption to face their charges. “I have dissolved my entire cabinet effective immediately, and all the functions of cabinet revert to my office until I announce a re

BBC News By Mo Allie Scandals and a systematic process of ridding key personnel from important government departments and lucrative state-owned enterprises, then replacing them with close allies and pliant officials were hallmarks of Jacob Zuma's nine-year term as president of South Africa, a damning report has found. In his mammoth 874-page report into allegations of high-level corruption under Zuma, Judge Raymond Zondo found that the former president advanced the interests of the Indian-born Gupta family and close allies at the expense of the people of South Africa. Both Zuma and the Gup

The Afric Report Global finance is failing Africa. Time for a progressive carbon tax to fund the Green Transition By Patrick Smith Corrupt political and financial elites collude to steal public funds, leaving the poor to foot the bill. Enter the IMF and the debt restructurers, while a generation’s aspirations are put on hold. Meanwhile, there is a huge green financing gap. The time has come for a progressive levy on the 28bn tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted by rich and middle-income countries each year. Something is rotten in the state of finance.

republicworld.com Isabel dos Santos, once Africa’s richest woman, has been placed under visa restriction by the US because of her “involvement in significant corruption". Written By Bhavya Sukheja Isabel dos Santos, once Africa’s richest woman and the daughter of Angola’s former President, has been placed under visa restriction by the United States because of her “involvement in significant corruption”.

BC World Service By Africa Eye Companies owned by family and friends of former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila had millions of dollars of public funds funnelled through their bank accounts, according to Africa's biggest data leak. The money was transferred to the companies' accounts at the Congolese arm of the BGFI bank. Millions of dollars in cash were then taken out of the accounts. Mr Kabila was president at the time of the bank transfers. He has declined to respond to our questions over the transfers. The leak included more than three million documents and infor

BBC News The family of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, that has dominated the country's politics since independence, secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades, according to a huge leak of financial papers. The Pandora Papers - 12 million files - is the biggest such leak in history. Mr Kenyatta and six members of his family have been linked to 13 offshore companies. They have not yet responded to requests for comment. The Kenyattas' offshore investments, including a company with stocks and bonds worth $30m (£22m), were discovered among hundreds of thousands of pages of a

Krass & Konkret – Tom Burgis im Interview Florian Rötzer Banken, Geheimdienste, Korruption Tom Burgis im Interview über sein Buch “Kleptopia“, in dem er aufdeckt, wie Geheimdienste, Banken, Konzerne und Mächtige dank des liberalen Kapitalismus mit schmutzigem Geld die Welt erobern und sich bereichern. In Ihrem neuen Buch beschreiben Sie den Aufstieg einer transnationalen Kleptokratie, die heute eine noch nie dagewesene Machtfülle mit Techniken zur Wäsche von Milliarden von Dollar an schmutzigem Geld und politischer Korruption in großem Maßstab erlangt hat.

Deutschlandfunk Südafrikas politisches System ist von Korruption zerfressen. Immer wieder im Fokus: Mitglieder des ANC, jene Partei, die seit 1994 mit absoluter Mehrheit regiert. Ex-Präsident Jacob Zuma wurde zwar verurteilt, doch die Aufarbeitung der Korruption stößt auf massiven Widerstand. Von Leonie March Neue Regierung in Südafrika Zwischen Kompromissen und Erneuerung Ein ganz normaler Samstag in einem Park in der südafrikanischen Hafenstadt Durban. Familien haben ihre Picknickdecken ausgebreitet. Kinder füttern die Enten im Teich.

BBC News A BBC Panorama investigation has found evidence that suggests one of Britain's biggest companies paid a bribe to the former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe. Documents show British American Tobacco (BAT) was involved in negotiations to pay between $300,000 and $500,000 to Mugabe's Zanu-PF party in 2013. The documents also reveal BAT was paying bribes in South Africa and using illegal surveillance to damage rivals. BAT says it is committed to the highest standards of corporate conduct. President Mugabe's 37-year rule was secured through elections marred by allegations of fraud and

Le Nouveau Réveil, Abidjan Des marchés surévalués et attribués à des proches par A. Diallo 136 millions FCFA (250.000 euros) pour la chercheuse franco-malienne, Niagalé Bakayoko et 336 millions de nos francs ( 600.000 euros) au profit de l’ancien premier ministre du Burkina Faso, Tertius Zongo, le tout sans le moindre appel d’offres. Voilà, la tempête qui s’abat sur le G5 Sahel.