Banned in 2011, pork-barrel spending may return to Congress, where Democrats want to resurrect the practice to make passing budgets easier – and help keep their narrow majority in 2022 elections.
People are swayed by social pressure to help relatives, share contacts or reciprocate favours received from their networks. Many also believe that corruption is normal.
During the first debate, Trump accused Biden of corruption.
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Millions of people gave money to Biden, Trump or both. What they get – or not – for their donations points to the real problems with America's system of campaign finance.
Shakespeare did an excellent job of depicting the real nature of money, Karl Marx believed. A £2 coin issued in 2016 to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
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Shakespeare understood that our fate depends on fostering the humility and empathy that dethrones money and transforms it into something we use to advance the common good.
In spite of its resources, poverty is rampant in Nigeria.
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Given its natural resources and people, Nigeria should be a prosperous nation, but after 60 years of self governance, the country now ranks as the world poverty capital.
Australia is a step closer to finally having a federal anti-corruption agency. Attorney-General Christian Porter has released draft legislation designed to set up a Commonwealth Integrity Commission.
Bosasa’s former chief operations officer Angelo Agrizzi is co-accused in a case of corruption relating to government tenders.
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The draft public procurement bill makes room for confidentiality without defining it and limiting its use to narrow circumstances. This leaves the door wide open to abuse.
Independent MP Helen Haines's bill will likely not pass without the government's support, but it proposes a robust body with suitable accountability mechanisms. It's worth serious consideration.
Whistle blowers in South Africa don't get the support they deserve.This includes lack of legislative backing as well as support from society, employers and professional bodies.
Thuli Madonsela, professor of law and former Public Protector of South Africa.
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As disgraced MP Daryl Maguire gives evidence to ICAC, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian's future appears ever shakier. She would hardly be the first to fall in the state's sordid political history.
A ship in the Lobito harbour seen through an apartment window in 2014.
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Angola has a complex history in which war has featured prominently. There is much more to the country than that, and a new book provides insight on beauty, happiness, and everyday life in Benguela.
In June 2017, demonstrators (here in New York) demanded that light be shed on possible Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Russian interference deeply marked the 2016 American presidential election. Four years later, let's analyze the form and impact of disinformation coming from Russia.
A Nigerian Navy unit on patrol, looking for illegal oil refineries in the Niger Delta region near Port Harcourt.
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The bigger parties which contest elections at all three levels would benefit the most -- but voters might split their votes.
Former South African government minister Nomvula Mokonyane, a leading member of the ruling ANC, at the commission probing grand corruption.
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Corruption has been a constant feature of South African political life for much of the past 350 years; solutions will also take time.
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara attends a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the country’s independence from France on August 7.
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Author shows how politicians intent on settling problems by physically eliminating opponents tap into a ready source of assassins from within the taxi industry.
Young people’s lives in Niger Delta have not improved despite the setting up of development agencies
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