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sky news africa Nigerian official faints during corruption probe in parliament

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Nigerian official faints during corruption probe in parliament

Segun - July 20, 2020

NIGERIA A Nigerian official collapsed on live TV whiles answering questions from lawmakers over mismanagement of funds allocated to...

skynewsafrica Nigeria arrests Chinese over $250K cash bribe for corruption cover-up

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Nigeria arrests Chinese over $250K cash bribe for corruption cover-up

Segun - May 13, 2020

NIGERIA Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC; reported the arrest of two Chinese businessmen who attempted...

skynewsafrica Ethiopia court convicts ex-minister, Bereket Simon, over corruption

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Ethiopia court convicts ex-minister, Bereket Simon, over corruption

Andrew Mbeki - May 4, 2020

ETHIOPIA A top court in Ethiopia’s Amhara regional state on Tuesday found a former minister of communications, Bereket Simon,...

sky news africa The other insurgency: Somalia ranked world's most corrupt nation

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The other insurgency: Somalia ranked world’s most corrupt nation

Abdul Sadiq - January 24, 2020

SOMALIA Somalia has again been ranked the world’s most corrupt country, according to the just released 2019 Corruption Perception...

Son of ex-Angolan president in court over corruption trial

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Son of ex-Angolan president in court over corruption trial

Andrew Mbeki - December 10, 2019

ANGOLA Son of former Angolan President Eduardo Dos Santos appeared before a court in the capital Luanda in a...

Uganda president joins anti-corruption walk, Twitter users react

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Uganda president joins anti-corruption walk, Twitter users react

Andrew Mbeki - December 4, 2019

UGANDA Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni joined a broad-range of citizens for an anti-corruption walk on Wednesday.

Nigerian Agency, NGO tags corruption as monster, empower youths to fight

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Nigerian Agency, NGO, tags corruption as monster, empower youths to fight

Uzo Kingsley - September 26, 2019

NIGERIA An anti-corruption agency in Nigeria known as the Independent Corruption Practices Commission (ICPC), and a Non-governmental Organization (NGO), otherwise...

Zuma to face corruption inquiry

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South Africa: Zuma to face corruption inquiry

Andrew Mbeki - July 14, 2019

SOUTH AFRICA Former South African, President Jacob Zuma, appeared before a commission of inquiry on Monday, to respond to...

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Another Italian Deputy Prime Minister, Matteo Salvini on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on France’s policies in Africa, saying the European country was not interested in a peaceful Libya because its energy interests there clashed with those of Italy. Relations between Italy and France, traditionally close allies, have grown frosty since the far-right League and anti-establishment 5-Star Movement formed a coalition last year and took aim at pro-EU French President Emmanuel Macron. On Monday France summoned Italy’s ambassador after Salvini’s fellow deputy prime minister, Luigi Di Maio, accused Paris of creating poverty in Africa and generating mass migration to Europe. Salvini backed up Di Maio, saying France was looking to extract wealth from Africa rather than helping countries develop their own economies, and pointed particularly to Libya, which has been in turmoil since a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 that overthrew strongman Muammar Gaddafi. “In Libya, France has no interest in stabilizing the situation, probably because it has oil interests that are opposed to those of Italy,” Salvini told Canale 5 TV station. Italy’s Eni and France’s Total have separate joint ventures in Libya, but Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi denied in a newspaper interview last year that there was any conflict between the two firms in the north African state. Asked about the latest diplomatic spat, Salvini said on Tuesday: “France has no reason to get upset because it pushed away tens of thousands of migrants (at the French border), abandoning them there as though they were beasts. We won’t take any lessons on humanity from Macron.” France says Italian politicians are targeting EU A French diplomatic source said it was not the first time that Salvini had made such comments and that it was probably because he felt he had been upstaged by Di Maio. The source added that the accusation was baseless and reiterated that French efforts in Libya were aimed at stabilizing the country, preventing the spread of terrorism and curbing the migration flows. SUGGESTED READING: How the current chaos in Libya was birthed Salvini is head of the League, while Di Maio leads 5-Star. Both are campaigning hard for European parliamentary elections in May and are eager to show they have broken with the consensual politics of center-left and center-right parties. The two men have repeatedly targeted neighboring France and accused Macron of doing nothing to help handle the hundreds of thousands of mainly African migrants who have reached Italy from Libya in recent years. A French presidential source said populist forces in Italy and elsewhere were looking to undermine countries like France and Germany which wanted to strengthen the European Union. “The European elections will be the place where we confront those — as you can see again today with the ludicrous comments from the Italian government — who seek to destroy the European project and the Franco-German partnership,” the source said. Italy’s prime minister reassures France Looking to prevent a diplomatic rupture, the Italian prime minister issued a statement praising relations with Paris, saying that Rome merely wanted a debate within Europe on difficult issues such as immigration. “This (row) does not call into question our historic friendship with France, nor with the French people. This relationship remains strong and steady in spite of any political disputes,” Conte said in a statement.

France is not interested in a peaceful Libya: Italian politician

January 23, 2019

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Nigeria’s Military taskforce nab fleeing Boko Haram member

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