South African President Jacob Zuma is putting the final touches on his cabinet selections, under the watchful eye of The Mail and Guardian, South Africa’s leading newspaper. Sifting through records of each minister’s declared interests, the M & G has put together a comprehensive list of the financial holdings and corporate positions of each minister.…
DetailsDespite an admirable history of aggressive journalism, freedom of the media is far from secure in Nigeria. The Punch, a popular Nigerian news source, cited recent incidents of violence against journalists as well as international reports from Global Integrity and Freedom House as indicators of the nation’s downward trend in media independence. As reported in…
DetailsGordon Brown vows to show that British MPs are “worthy of public trust” as UK law-makers debate new measures to address high-level abuse of public expense accounts. Wednesday, Brown announced that all MPs’ receipts from the last four years will be individually reviewed. Brown promised that MPs will have to re-pay any claims deemed to…
DetailsMore creepiness in Guatemala — a Twitter user is arrested by police. Following Sunday’s murder of a prominent Guatemalan lawyer who claims (via a beyond-the-grave video) that he was assassinated by the President and the First Lady, and today’s growing protests in the capital city, we read that a Twitter user in Guatemala has been…
DetailsDisclosure: Global Integrity is currently advising the Vice-President of Guatemala on transparency reforms. “If you are watching this message, it is because I was assassinated by President Alvaro Colom with help from Gustavo Alejos [the President’s private secretary].” Those are the opening words of a video message recorded by a Guatemalan lawyer who was shot…
DetailsSyful Islam reports for the Global Integrity Report: Bangladesh.Rawayt Selim (not his real name) may seem to be a typical student at the Department of International Relations at the University of Dhaka, the oldest university in Bangladesh. What sets him apart from other students, however, is how he got there: Allegations by authorities claim that…
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