Kenya running mate ordered to forfeit $1.7m in graft case
Nairobi – A Kenyan court on Thursday ordered a politician running for deputy president in next month’s election to... Read more
29 Jul, 2022
‘Vote bribes’ leave Kenyan banks short of small notes
Nairobi – Kenyan banks are running out of small banknotes because politicians are bribing people to try to win... Read more
28 Jul, 2022
Gabon jails ex-presidential spokesperson over ’embezzlement’
Libreville – A Gabon court has handed a former presidential spokesperson an eight-year prison sentence for “embezzlement of public... Read more
28 Jul, 2022
SA applies for extradition of graft-accused Guptas
Pretoria – South Africa said on Monday it had formally filed a request with the United Arab Emirates to... Read more
25 Jul, 2022
Malawi police arrest 76 after day of protests
Lilongwe – Police in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe said they arrested 76 people on Wednesday after protests against the judiciary’s... Read more
21 Jul, 2022
Guinea probes ex-PM over embezzling $40m in Covid aid
Conakry – Guinea is investigating detained former premier Ibrahima Kassory Fofana over allegedly embezzling more than $40 million in... Read more
16 Jul, 2022
Ethiopia arrests relief aid chief for corruption
Addis Ababa – Police arrested on Wednesday the head of Ethiopia’s National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) amid allegations... Read more
14 Jul, 2022
Eskom contractors charged with corruption
Johannesburg – Two contractors for South Africa’s energy monopoly Eskom and their wives have been arrested for alleged corruption,... Read more
13 Jul, 2022
OPINION | Zondo Commission’s report on SA’s intelligence agency is important but flawed
Jane Duncan, University of Johannesburg South Africa’s judicial probe into state capture and corruption, the Zondo Commission, has concluded... Read more
12 Jul, 2022
China detains alleged bank fraud ‘gang’ after rare mass protests
Beijing – Members of a “criminal gang” accused of taking control of local banks have been arrested in central... Read more
11 Jul, 2022
