Global Integrity Report: Somalia - 2010

This peer-reviewed country report includes:

Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for more than 300 Integrity Indicators.

Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.

Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.

HIGHLIghts

The ongoing civil war in Somalia has left virtually every single governance and anti-corruption institution devastated. This was true in 2008, when Global Integrity conducted its first assessment of the country, and it continues to be the case in the 2010 Report. Key government oversight bodies such as the ombudsman and anti-corruption agency do not exist. Although an audit office does have a legal presence, its powers to investigate and penalize offenders are rendered irrelevant due to the lack of capacity and resources that characterize Somalia’s broader governance landscape. The lack of professionalism in the appointment of the police highlights the significant influence of politicization and “tribalism” in law enforcement.

From the Reporter's Notebook: Faduma Isse, a single mother of eight, has lived in a makeshift, one-room shelter at the camp with her family for three years. She says since their ordeal began, aid deliveries to camps have never been consistent: “We don’t get enough of anything, from food handouts to tents, blankets and medicine, but we’ve seen it’s all taken to the markets and sold. It is very clear and evident everywhere.” Aid meant for the camps is openly sold in markets around the very IDP camps it was supposed to benefit, as well as in the main Mogadishu markets.