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Zimbabwe joins war-torn states in Africa’s top 10 most corrupt regimes list — 2024 Corruption Index

African countries experiencing conflict and with highly restricted freedoms and weak democratic institutions, such as South Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe or Libya, occupy the bottom of Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). This ranking places Zimbabwe among Africa’s top 10 most corrupt countries, joining war-torn states like Sudan, Somalia, and Libya. With a score of […]

Egypt mulls plans to increase accommodation capacity of Cairo airport to 30 million passengers per year

The Egyptian Government is planning to expand by two folds the capacity of the Cairo International Airport to 30 million passengers per year, a cabinet statement issued on Monday January 15 said. Minister of Civil Aviation Mohamed Abbas presented in a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly the preliminary financial studies for the project which […]

Sub-Saharan Africa emerging as hotbed of illicit wildlife trade — UNODC report

Africa accounts for a staggering 19% of all seizures of illegal wildlife materials worldwide, with virtually all of the seizures having been made in the sub-Saharan subregion, according to the latest World Wildlife Crime Report 2024. In terms of global trade flows, a majority of seizures — 44% of all records — between 2015–2021 was […]