The funeral of Bertha Gisela Gaytan, a mayoral candidate for the municipality of Celaya, Mexico, who was shot dead after her first campaign rally on April 1 2024.
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Mexican elections have been marred by political violence for years, and this year will be no different.
Facing charges: Russia’s deputy defence minister, Timur Ivanov.
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The constant jockeying for power among Putin’s subordinates serves the Russian president’s purpose.
Truong My Lan at her trial in Vietnam, April 2024.
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A recent corruption case in Vietnam has led to the owner of a bank being sentenced to death.
South Africa has clearly defined mandates for the police, military and intelligence services.
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The security services that watch over South Africans today are a far cry from the instruments of minority rule of the apartheid era. They are subject to the constitution and the rule of law.
Mental health symptoms are triggered by a wide range of activities.
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Corruption imposes mental health costs on individuals.
A woman working at a factory making solar panels in Cape Town, South Africa.
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The key to a successful energy transition away from coal is good institutional quality supported by anti-corruption procedures and clear rules.
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New Zealand has dropped six points on the main global index of perceived corruption. To turn that around, the government must guard against state capture by vested interests.
The late Namibian president Hage Geingob.
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Hage Geingob’s legacy as a moderniser will live on despite contradictions and unfulfilled promises.
Inaugural commissioner Paul Brereton arrives to make the opening address of the National Anti-Corruption Commission in Canberra in July.
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After rising five places in last year’s influential Corruption Perceptions Index, Australia has levelled off this year. This shows much work remains to be done.
Jacob Zuma at the launch of his new party, uMkhonto Wesizwe, in 2023.
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The ANC tied itself in knots defending Zuma’s destructive bad behaviour in the past. Acting against him now would require it to own up to its sins.
A protest against the outcome of the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria.
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Good governance is the missing link in Nigeria’s democratic experience since 1999.
A police officer fires teargas at protesters in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in July 2023.
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Due to limited interactions with the police, Kenyans in rural areas are less likely to see the police as relevant actors.
Alf Bruseth, ‘Politician Coin Bank’ (1938).
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Why do so many Americans share the concern that success and integrity are in conflict, as if one comes at the expense of the other?
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New Zealand was mostly stable in key international rankings and domestic socio-economic measures. But there are signs of slippage in some areas and not enough progress in others.
Guatemala’s President-elect Bernardo Arévalo waves to supporters.
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Anti-democratic actions and government corruption are key reasons many Guatemalans migrate to the US.
Asylum seekers queue outside the Home Affairs office in Cape Town to extend their asylum seeker permits.
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The White Paper’s proposals are vague and seek to solve problems that are not about immigration.
Corruption is a serious issue and costly threat to Canada’s foreign trade and international reputation.
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If Canada wants to fix its reputation for being weak on corruption, it needs to confront the harms associated with globalization and bring multinational corporations under democratic control.
Christian leaders are influential in Ghanaian lives.
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Christian leaders in Ghana are pushing the envelope of influence in political affairs.
A ballot box used for the Liberian presidential election in 2017.
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Liberia’s next president must restore national cohesion, tackle corruption, and strengthen state institutions.
Aziz Pahad in Tehran in 2004. He was South Africa’s deputy foreign minister at the time.
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South Africa will miss having a “diplomat-scholar” of his calibre to turn to for sage advice.