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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 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 (...)
- 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 15 April 2013
April 14, 2013 (JUBA) - The head of South Sudan’s anti corruption commission, John Gatwech Lul, said Sunday vowed to find the truth behind the disappearance of thousands South Sudanese pounds and dollars from the office of the (...)
- Thursday 9 May 2013
May 8, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has dismissed his legal aide over speculated disagreements as the office tries to handle a number of legal challenges and fix its administration which trying to recover (...)
- Monday 4 February 2013
February 3, 2013 (JUBA) – An electronic payroll management system seeking to improve efficiency within South Sudan’s civil service has officially been launched by the country’s labour and public service ministry.
Implementation of the (...)
- Wednesday 18 July 2012
July 17, 2012 (JUBA) - Unspecified billions of taxpayers’ money went unaccounted for in 2008, either through dubious award of contracts to unregistered companies or inflated payrolls in South Sudan government ministries and agencies, an (...)
- Sunday 7 April 2013
By Suzanne Jambo
April 6, 2013 - The South Sudanese economy been set back by severe austerity measures for close to two years now; almost since our Independence in July 2011. Much of the real causes of these austerity measures maybe (...)
- Thursday 13 September 2012
Its role between the Constitution and the Criminal Procedure
By Mut Turuk
September 13, 2012 — The purpose of this article is to answer some legal implications between Anti-Corruption Commission and the Ministry of Justice, and what I (...)
- 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 (...)
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