Survey reveals growing apathy among Moroccan voters
With the 2026 Moroccan general elections looming, a new Afrobarometer survey reveals an increasingly apathetic voter base that may lead...
corruption
Senegal’s anti-corruption crusade bags another ex-Minister
Senegal’s anti-corruption crusade is gaining momentum, with the country’s entrenched elites increasingly under fire. As President Bassirou Faye, makes good...
Former PM of DR Congo found guilty of corruption
Augustin Matata Ponyo, former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was sentenced to a decade's imprisonment on...
Mauritania’s former president jailed for corruption
Mauritania’s former president has been jailed for 15 years and fined three million dollars on charges of corruption. The move...
Libyan Health Minister detained over cancer drug scandal
Libya’s Public Prosecutor has ordered the detention of Health Minister Ali Al-Zanati, along with several other senior officials from the...
Spy Chief Disputes Netanyahu Dismissal
Israeli Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar has submitted a scathing affidavit to the Supreme Court. He claims Netanyahu tried to...
South Sudan: Vice President detained, collapsing 2018 peace deal
The Vice President of South Sudan has been detained, effectively collapsing the peace deal that put an end to the...
Turkey: Mayor of Istanbul arrested in government crackdown
The Mayor of Istanbul has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation as the Turkish government intensify their crackdown...
Former French President faces prison for Libyan corruption pact
French financial prosecutors are set to present their case against former President Nicolas Sarkozy and his co-defendants, for colluding with...
Israel-Gaza war a potential lifeline for Netanyahu
Israel’s escalation of war in Gaza following the collapse of the ceasefire could provide a convenient lifeline for Israeli Prime...
Algeria investigation: ex-interior minister faces corruption charges
A former interior minister and chief of protocol for Algeria have been ordered for temporary detention due to "corruption" charges....
Prosecutors demand 20-year jail term for ex-Mauritanian president
Mauritanian prosecutors have demanded an appeals court impose a 20-year jail sentence on former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for...
Former president of Tunisian FA jailed
The former president of the Tunisian Football Federation, Wadie Jary, has been sentenced to four years in prison on corruption...
Report says US university is implicated in Sudan and Gaza conflicts
Princeton University gets millions of dollars worth of contracts from the US Department of Defence as well as manufacturers of...
Morocco falls further down corruption index
Transparency International reported in its 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, published on February 11th, that Morocco lost a point and dropped...
