Officers from Kenya’s anti-corruption agency have arrested the Governor of central Kiambu County, Ferdinand Waititu. The arrest comes hours after an early morning raid on the Governor’s properties in the capital, Nairobi. Reports say Mr…
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The U.S. has sanctioned three top election officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo for alleged corruption tied to the long-delayed presidential election. Thursday’s sanctions target CENI President Corneille Yobeluo Nangaa, Vice President Norbert Basengezi…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to an additional 3 1/2 years in prison Wednesday for conspiracy linked to his lobbying efforts in Ukraine for a pro-Russian political party, adding…
USAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s infrastructure and housing minister has been charged with concealing property believed to have been bought with the proceeds of crime, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said. The ACC arrested Ronald Chitotela on…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang, arrested in South Africa in connection with $2 billion in fraudulent loans, submitted an urgent bail application last week, one of his lawyers told Reuters on…
ACCRA, GHANA — Ahmed Hussein-Suale, an investigative journalist in Ghana who helped expose a high-ranking official at world soccer body FIFA as corrupt was shot dead by gunmen on a motorbike as he drove home…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has brought fresh charges against a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, SUNDAY PUNCH has learned. It was learnt that the EFCC would in the coming days join…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia has arrested 63 intelligence officials, military personnel and businesspeople on allegations of rights violations and corruption, the country’s attorney general announced Monday. The sweeping high-profile arrests carried out in…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s finance minister resigned on Tuesday after acknowledging missteps during the scandal-tainted tenure of former president Jacob Zuma. The resignation of Nhlanhla Nene was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has…
WASHINGTON — The Voice of America announced Thursday it has fired or proposed to terminate more than half the members of its Hausa language service following an investigation that found the individuals had accepted improper…