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UNHCR probing corruption in Uganda, Kenya

Photo may have copyrigh claim By AFP January 10, 2020 GENEVA: The UN refugee agency said Thursday it was probing new allegations of fraud in its resettlement programme in Kenya Read More

Museveni’s cabinet reshuffle highlights his deep bonds to corruption

By Charles Kamya Ssentamu, GREAT LAKES WATCHMAN There is an old adage that, “you dance with the one that brought you to the dance.” President Museveni apparently will never let Read More

Angola recovers more than $5bn in stolen assets

The money includes $3bn stolen from the country’s sovereign wealth fund, according to the justice minister. By AL JAZEERA An anti-graft drive has accelerated in Africa’s second-biggest oil-exporter since 2017,Read More

SYRIA: Corruption trial for Assad uncle begins in Paris

Rifaat al-Assad built a French property empire with stolen Syrian state funds, prosecutors allege. By AL JAZEERA & NEWS AGENCIES The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad avoided court on Read More

U.N. refugee organization reopens corruption probe after NBC News report

Women gather to sit and chat in Nakivale refugee settlement in southwest Uganda in 2018. –CopyrightSally Hayden By Sally Hayden with NBC News World NAKIVALE, Uganda — The United Nations Read More

U.N. refugee organization reopens corruption probe after NBC News report

Women gather to sit and chat in Nakivale refugee settlement in southwest Uganda in 2018. –CopyrightSally Hayden By Sally Hayden with NBC News World NAKIVALE, Uganda — The United Nations Read More

UGANDA: MPs set their own salaries and bleed the economy

Civil Servants in Uganda Raise Questions Over Parliament’s Ability to Set Own Salaries, Benefits By GLOBAL PRESS JOURNAL In Uganda, members of the parliament decide their own pay, even as Read More

Tanzania’s anti-graft body arrests 50 cooperative unions officials over suspected fraud

DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) — Tanzania’s anti-corruption watchdog said on Thursday it was holding 50 cooperative unions officials in connection with misappropriation of some 212,000 U.S. dollars earmarked Read More

UGANDA: Museveni issues a Presser on China / Hong Kong Protests

Sometimes, one has to wonder what possesses Ugandan journalists, activists and even government to comment about such rubbish as “Uganda sides with China”? That is how your reputation tanks. DIGITAL Read More

DR Congo police detain ex-health minister in Ebola funds probe

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits an Ebola center in Beni, eastern Congo Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Guterres is starting a three-day visit to Congo to see the work of Read More