The Iraqi government is quietly dismissing the officials installed to fight corruption in ministries by order of the American occupation administration.

The Iraqi government is quietly dismissing the officials installed to fight corruption in ministries by order of the American occupation administration.

Responding to demands for a crackdown on corruption, Hamid Karzai named as his interior minister a former official of Afghanistan’s Communist-era secret police.

Africa urgently needs to clear the customs red-tape, corruption, transport monopolies and the like that keep the continent disconnected and destitute.

THIS week, anti-corruption watch dog Transparency International, released their annual report. The report, a measure of perceived corruption among countries, showed that Uganda had fallen back in the rankings to 126 from 111 the previous year.

The presence of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia has been critical to the West African country's progress in revitalizing its economy, rebuilding basic infrastructure, tackling corruption and consolidating peace and security after years of civil war, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf told the General Assembly today.

Nine West African countries shot up while nine others sank lower in the 2008 Transparency International (TI) ranking of perceptions of corruption in 180 countries.

Though Germany moved up two spots in corruption rankings to number 14 on the list of 180, Transparency International has urged the government to do more to fight corruption.

Chandrashekhar Krishnan: Cash for honours, MPs expenses, and the Saudi BAE deal. It's little wonder the UK's corruption perception rating has taken a hit

Israel's corruption-tainted prime minister told his cabinet on Sunday that he would step down, following through on a promise to allow the new leader of his governing party to try to form a coalition government.