Corruption | The Kenya Times

The Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) has filed a law suit seeking to recover assets worth Ksh.1.94 billion which ...

President Bazoum says the fight against corruption is one of his top priorities | AFP

Niger minister held in embezzlement probe

by Carolyne Rabut

April 20, 2022

Niger's communications minister has been detained in a high-profile embezzlement case dating from when he ran a state corporation, a ...

Zuma, pictured in court in January | AFP

Health, legal issues prompt new problems in trial of S.Africa’s Zuma

by Carolyne Rabut

April 11, 2022

The much-postponed corruption trial of South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma ran into fresh legal delays and health problems on Monday ...

Posters of Vital Kamerhe, left, and Felix Tshisekedi during the 2018 presidential election campaign | AFP

DR Congo court overturns jail term for presidential aide

by Carolyne Rabut

April 11, 2022

DR Congo's top court on Monday tossed out a 13-year jail term handed to a former aide to President Felix ...

On trial: Zuma at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg in January | AFP

South African court clears path for Zuma’s graft trial

by Carolyne Rabut

March 31, 2022

South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma on Thursday lost another bid to delay his corruption trial, as a court rejected ...

A healthcare worker distributes condoms in Kenya's capital Nairobi. Around 1.1 million condoms donated to the country have disappeared from a government warehouse | AFP

Kenya probing sale of donated condoms, drugs on black market

by Carolyne Rabut

March 17, 2022

Kenya said Thursday it was investigating allegations that thousands of donated condoms, mosquito nets and life-saving medicines were stolen from ...

Zondo headed a three-year investigation into graft | AFP

Zuma investigator named South Africa’s chief justice

by Carolyne Rabut

March 10, 2022

Raymond Zondo, whose three-year investigation detailed rampant corruption under former president Jacob Zuma, was Thursday named chief justice of South ...

Ex-president Guebuza, seated, talks to his son Ndambi Guebuza, wearing an orange prison uniform. The younger Guebuza is a defendant in the long-awaited trial, which is unfolding in a marquee in a high-security jail | AFP

Mozambican ex-president defends role at ‘hidden debt’ trial

by Carolyne Rabut

February 18, 2022

Ex-president Armando Guebuza on Thursday took the witness stand in Mozambique's biggest corruption scandal, defending his government's decision to contract ...

Jacob Zuma's time as South African president had a reputation for corruption, with cronies influencing government appointments, contracts and state businesses | AFP

Rampant graft under S.Africa’s Zuma detailed in new report

by Carolyne Rabut

February 2, 2022

South African investigators Tuesday released a 646-page report detailing how rampant corruption under former president Jacob Zuma undermined both the ...