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Sudan
Sudan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for 2011, which ranks the east African nation 177 out of 182.
Sudan’s auditor-general revealed in November 2012 that the amount of stolen public money increased to more than 175 million Sudanese pounds (SDG) - around $40 million - between September 2011 and August 2012.
South Sudan
Since the SPLM came to power in 2005 over $4 billion of state funds have gone unaccounted for, according the South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir.
- Monday 17 June 2013
June 16, 2013 (JUBA) – The committee which was formed to investigate the alleged thefts in the office of the South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has released its final report saying the alleged thefts were not from external (...)
- Wednesday 11 July 2012
July 9, 2012 (PANYAGOOR) - The widow of South Sudan’s late leader, John Garang De Mabior, said on the anniversary of the country’s first year of independence that the young nation was still in a state of confusion after the death of her (...)
- Tuesday 11 June 2013
June 11, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s political rhetoric on "zero tolerance" on corruption seems to take a serious step that deserves attention as the ministry of justice has finally acted by giving an ultimatum to hundreds of companies (...)
- Saturday 19 February 2011
By Ngor Arol Garang
February 18, 2011 (ABYEI) - Weeks after the head of the Juba Bank of South Sudan and who doubles up as deputy governor of the Bank of Sudan, Elijah Malok Aleng, expressed disapproval at the illicit flow of public (...)
- Monday 13 May 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
May 12, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Federal Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission of Ethiopia (FEACC) on Saturday announced that it has detained 13 high-profile government officials and individuals on graft charges. (...)
- Saturday 18 August 2012
August 14, 2012 (JUBA) - The former commissioner of Warrap state’s Twic county, Dominic Deng Kuic, was found guilty on Tuesday in Warrap civil court of embezzling public funds.
The ex-commissioner was charged with with embezzling money (...)
- Saturday 1 June 2013
May 31, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan Police on Friday arrested the Managing Director of Payii roads and bridges company over misappropriation of funds allocated for construction of the 140km Juba-Kajokeji road. A bridge between Juba and (...)
- Wednesday 15 February 2012
February 14, 2012 (JUBA) – The vice president (VP) of the Republic of South Sudan, Riek Machar, has officially declared his personal income, assets and liabilities while calling on all constitutional post holders in the country to do (...)
- Monday 27 February 2012
February 27, 2012 (JUBA) – Top generals of the South Sudan army, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), have been asked by the South Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission (SSACC) to declare their income and assets, in the latest effort to (...)
- Tuesday 28 May 2013
By Mel Wal Achien
May 27, 2013 - The "Dura Saga" has been a problematic issue for the fast five good years after the council of ministers of the then government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) passed a resolution, revolving funds to buy a (...)
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