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Tag: corruption
Mauritania: massive arrests in connection with corruption scandal at state-run energy company
The Mauritanian police have nabbed a senior official of a state-run energy company and a businessman, both accused by a Senegal company for demanding commissions ... Read More
Corruption costs Moroccan economy up to 7% of GDP annually – Finance Minister
It is hard to exactly calculate the impact of corruption on the Moroccan economy which Finance Minister Mohamed Benchaaboun said it rips the country of ... Read More
Ex-Mauritanian leader summoned by police for hearing
Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz showed up Monday before the police for hearing as part of investigations into corruption and public funds embezzlement allegations ... Read More
Mauritania: Police seizes passports of three top ex-officials of former President Ould Abdelaziz
The Mauritanian police in charge of economic affairs has confiscated the passports of three high ranking officials who worked under former President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz ... Read More
New accusations of corruption, embezzlement laid against Polisario leader
Head of the separatist polisario front, Brahim Ghali, has been again accused of the embezzlement of humanitarian assistance donated by Spanish NGOs to the Sahraoui ... Read More
Algeria’s Lebanon-based Sonatrach subsidiary mired in corruption, adulterated fuel
A court in Lebanon has ordered the arrest of 17 people, including the Chief of Sonatrach Petroleum (SPC), a subsidiary of Algeria’s state-run oil company, ... Read More
Sudan: Ousted president Bashir in court over corruption charges
Former president of Sudan Omar al-Bashir is appearing this Monday before court in the capital Khartoum where he is facing corruption charges. Bashir was ... Read More
Kenya’s finance minister, top officials arrested for corruption
Kenya's finance minister was arrested on Monday on corruption charges in the East African nation. Mr Henry Rotich turned himself in to authorities on Monday ... Read More
Corruption: Nigeria to confiscate $40 m of jewellery from ex-Minister
In Nigeria, a court has ordered the imminent seizure of $40 million worth of jewellery and a customized gold iPhone belonging to former oil minister ... Read More
Moroccan Army Opens judicial investigation into cases of alleged corruption
A judicial investigation was opened following revelations on alleged corruption in relation to procurement contacts between 2006 and 2012, said Friday the General Staff of ... Read More