It’s Our Turn to Eat, by Michela Wrong, tells the story of John Githongo — the famous whistle-blower of corruption under the Kibaki Administration in Kenya. Before picking up the book, I was concerned that I would be reading a lot of what I already knew — considering A. I wrote a paper on him [...]

The following is from a final paper I wrote for my International Corruption class at American University a few months ago: It was February of 2005, and a startled Kenyan government was in the midst of an international manhunt. Police cars scoured the streets of Nairobi in the dark of night; officers knocking on doors, [...]

“There ought to be a way to use interactive media, especially the Internet…to report in real time allegations of corruption.” These were the words of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a plenary Q&A session at the 8th Annual Forum on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Secretary Clinton called on youth and civil [...]

I came across this video on Hulu in a series called Vanguard, and thought it worth sharing. About a month ago I dedicated a post to the Role of China in Africa, which I highly suggest you check out! I wrote about many of the issues and concerns raised here, but the video delivers some great [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for August 28th: Nigeria’s Own Banking Crisis – Unrelated to the global financial “meltdown”, Nigeria is facing a similar crisis within its financial and banking infrastructure as a consequence of alleged corruption. After having to bailout several banks, Nigeria’s Central Bank has teamed up with fraud police in an effort to [...]