Korruption und Missmanagement

Schon wieder besucht der Präsident Kameruns, Paul Biya, das Genfer Hotel Intercontinental. Das kostet Abermillionen, sein Volk ist sauer. Das Wichtigste in Kürze Paul Biya besucht abermals das Genfer Luxushotel Intercontinental. Der Präsident Kameruns regiert sein Land teils wochenlang aus dem Hotel. Gleichzeitig übersteigen die Hotel-Kosten sein Präsidenten-Salär um einiges. Der Präsident Kameruns begibt sich zum ersten Mal seit 2019 am Sonntag nach Genf.

Achgut.com von Volker Seitz Afrikanische Präsidenten, die ihr Mandat nicht als Auftrag auf Zeit, sondern als Lebensaufgabe betrachten, tun alles, um die Macht ihres Familienclans zu sichern. Die auch von westlichen Wirtschaftsstrukturen verursachte Korruption, die feudal anmutenden Machtstrukturen, die vor allem den eigenen Reichtum maximieren, die bedrückende Bürokratie und die Missachtung des Rechts halte ich für die Grundlage der Misere. Togo ist Westafrikas letzte Dynastie. 1967 war Gnassingbé Eyadéma nach einem Staatsstreich an die Macht gekommen.

Voice of America Malawi Expresses Regret Over Expulsion of Its Diplomats From South Africa By Lameck Masina BLANTYRE, MALAWI - Malawi's government said Saturday that it had received news of its diplomats' alleged misconduct in South Africa with regret and that it would punish those involved when they returned home. South Africa on Friday declared all Malawian diplomats persona non grata for abusing diplomatic privileges and gave them 72 hours to leave the country.

BBC News By Paul Melly, Africa analyst Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has appointed his son Denis-Christel as a cabinet minister - a move that has revived media speculation that he has a dynastic succession in mind. Not that such a transition looks imminent.

BBC Some $5.8m (£4.2m) recovered by UK agencies that was stolen by a Nigerian former governor and laundered in Britain have now been returned to Nigeria, the Nigerian authorities say. Former Delta state Governor James Ibori was convicted of money laundering in the UK in 2012. Prosecutors say he stole an estimated $165m (£117m) from the oil-rich state. A Bombardier Challenger jet is among the items listed in court documents for a confiscation order against Ibori. The £4.2m has been recovered from Ibori's wife, sister and fiduciary agent, who were also convicted of money laundering. Observ

Punch The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has disclosed that the commission has recovered $153 million from former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who has been living in Britain since leaving office. Adelani Adepegba He also said the anti-graft agency recovered no fewer than 80 choice property valued at $80m. This was contained in the April edition of the EFCC magazine, EFCC Alert. But the EFCC chief was quick to add that bringing the former minister to justice was still far from reality, given the fact that she was out of Nigeria’s

The New Humanitarian ‘True sovereignty means responsibility.’ Sam Mednick An investigation by The New Humanitarian and AlJazeera When the pandemic struck, many feared South Sudan could be one of the hardest hit countries in Africa – years of conflict had hollowed out its healthcare system and the threat of famine was on the horizon. Heeding the warnings, the European Union, the United States, and the World Bank chipped in more than $100 million for the COVID-19 response, while the IMF has given some $200 million in loans. At a glance: COVID-19 corruption charges Officials accused

The Conversation, UK Nigeria Author: Oludayo Tade, Researcher, Communication Consultant, Impact Evaluator, Safeguard Specialist, University of Ibadan A major straw that broke the People’s Democratic Party’s 16-year rule in Nigeria was pervasive corruption. Nigerians voiced their frustrations by voting in the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, during the 2015 general election.

... to fight allegations of graft in South Africa The Conversation Authors: Ansie Maritz Lecturer in Afrikaans linguistics, University of Pretoria Bertus van Rooy Professor of English linguistics, University of Amsterdam Early in February former President Jacob Zuma issued a statement defying a Constitutional Court decision compelling him to appear before the judicial commission probing grand corruption in South Africa.

tagesschau.de Zuma tanzte, trickste - nun taumelt er Jahrzehntelang konnte sich Südafrikas Ex-Präsident Zuma der Justiz entziehen, errichtete eine Kleptokratie - und war doch beliebt. Nun steht er vor der Anklage. Tricksereien dürften nicht mehr helfen. Von Richard Klug, ARD-Studio Johannesburg Jacob Zuma beschäftigt die südafrikanische Justiz nun schon seit mehr als 20 Jahren. Immer wieder wurde er angeklagt, immer wieder kam er mit einer Mischung aus lächerlichen Ausreden und juristischen Tricksereien davon. Dabei ist Zuma nicht irgendein Südafrikaner.