9.1 million people internally displaced in Central, East Africa, UN reports
There were 9.1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Central and Eastern Africa region as of December 2008
View ArticleHot line: A new center in Vanadzor (Armenia) prompts citizens to report...
An Anti-Corruption Center has opened in Vanadzor (Armenia), where citizens may call a hotline and anonymously file complaints on authorities they suspect of wrongdoing.
View ArticleMACC Taking Steps To Weed Out Corruption
The newly-established Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is going all out to ensure that work procedures and delivery systems in government departments and private companies are...
View Article"Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency"...
Promising "a new era of openness in our country," President Barack Obama signed executive orders Wednesday relating to ethics guidelines for staff members of his administration.
View ArticleCorruption Indictment for New York Ex-Senate Leader Bruno
Joseph L. Bruno, the former State Senate majority leader, was indicted on Friday (January 23, 2009) on charges that he reaped millions of dollars from companies seeking business from the state or from...
View Article"Halliburton Breaks FCPA Settlement Record for U.S. Companies" by Dan Slater
Last month, Siemens broke a record for settlements under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, when it settled for $800 million — almost 20 times higher than the largest previous penalty under the FCPA.
View ArticleIllinois governor unanimously convicted, tossed from office
Gov. Rod Blagojevich was unanimously convicted at his impeachment trial and thrown out of office Thursday, ending a nearly two-month crisis that erupted with his arrest on charges he tried to sell...
View ArticleChildren in Kenya use mobile phones to fight violence in schools
Plan’s campaign against violence in schools has been stepped up with the help of mobile phone technology.
View ArticleSenior Armenian official, who led efforts against corruption, shot dead
Armenia's deputy chief of police, a former presidential aide, was shot dead late on Tuesday outside his home in Yerevan, police said.
View ArticleHow Corruption Fuels Violence in Nigeria
"Any realistic attempts to deal constructively with the conflict in the Niger Delta must address the roots of conflict such as ethnic differences, poverty, high unemployment, corruption, revenue...
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