(May 27, 2004) The world is desperately in need of nations and international organizations that act in accordance with their commitments to operate honestly and fairly, and to uphold justice…Lesotho and Third World countries deserve no less.
Combating corruption in multilateral development banks: Statement by Patricia Adams to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
(May 25, 2004) Patricia Adams’ statement to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations regarding its investigation of corruption in multilateral development bank (MDB) projects.
Spotlight falls on corruption in Sierra Leone
(May 6, 2004) A government survey in Sierra Leone has revealed that the West African country’s public sector is still riddled with corruption, despite warnings from international donors that they would slash much-needed aid if the scourge was not tackled.
Geldof: Why is Africa still dying?
(May 5, 2004) Nearly two decades and a knighthood later, Sir Bob Geldof went to London’s Downing Street this week with much the same message as the one he issued during his Live Aid broadcast in 1985. "Why is Africa the lone continent that is getting poorer?" Geldof asked, after attending the first meeting of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa – a personal initiative launched by Blair to save a continent from destruction.
Another View: UN’s corruption deserves disclosure
(May 4, 2004) Donors to UN humanitarian efforts must be confident their contributions will go to those in need, rather than into the pockets of dictators and their bought-and-paid-for allies.
Facts that should change the world
(May 1, 2004) Kenya is known as the "country of bribes." Yet multinational corporations are often implicated. Courts in Lesotho convicted two western companies of bribing their way into contracts for a dam construction project. An extract from Fifty Facts That Should Change the World (Icon Books)
The politics of petroleum
(May 1, 2004) Courted by oil firms and the U.S., the elite of impoverished Angola have extracted wealth from the boom, documents say.
Lesotho – Court Documents
Lesotho – Court Documents Appeal Judgment – Crown v. Lahmeyer International GmbH The full judgment pertaining to the Lesotho Court of Appeals decision to uphold the conviction of Lahmeyer International on several […]
US softens line on debt relief
(April 26, 2004) UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown hailed a breakthrough in securing more generous debt relief for the world’s poorest nations after the Bush administration signalled a softening of America’s position.
Debt relief for poor faces $7.8 bln gap, US watchdog
(April 20, 2004) A debt relief program for the world’s poorest countries is facing a $7.8 billion funding shortfall, mostly from the World Bank, a U.S. Congressional watchdog told lawmakers on Tuesday.
Lesotho shames SA with its resolve to stamp out bribery
(April 18, 2004) If Masupha Sole had worked for Pretoria rather than Maseru, would he have ended up in court? Would he now be in jail?
ANC sweeps to most dramatic victory yet
(April 16, 2004) South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) surged towards its most dramatic victory election yet today as the country’s voters showed their loyalty to the party that led them out of apartheid.
Volcker to probe corruption in UN’s Iraq oil program
(April 15, 2004) Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s choice to investigate allegations of corruption in the UN-administered oil-for-food program in Iraq, UN envoys said.
World Bank statement on Lesotho Court of Appeals ruling
(April 13, 2004) The World Bank’s sanctions committee will re-examine evidence relating to Lahmeyer International after the Lesotho Court of Appeals upheld the firm’s bribery conviction.
German firm faces possible blacklisting
(April 13, 2004) World Bank ponders sanctions against Lahmeyer in Lesotho corruption case.
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