(September 18, 2003) For some Londoners, the war against Saddam wasn’t just about politics. It was about the future of their homeland – and the chance to return to it. Johann Hari meets three young exiles who have just had their first taste of life in ‘free’ Iraq.
South African sentenced for water project bribery
(September 18, 2003) A South African who pleaded guilty to acting as an intermediary in bribery payments to the former head of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, has been sentenced to a fine of R500,000 or five years in prison.
Bickering over Iraq financing in play
(September 17, 2003) Another source of contention is the debt burden Iraq has accumulated under Saddam Hussein’s regime, which continues to bog down the country’s economy.
New Iraqi minister denounces past obligations incurred by Saddam
(September 17, 2003) Today’s Iraq should not be burdened with past obligations incurred by Saddam Hussein, said new Minister of Planning, Mahdi al-Hafiz. Iraq’s former regime, not the Iraqi people, invaded Kuwait and contracted enormous loans, said al-Hafiz.
New Iraqi Minister of Planning denounces continued payments to Kuwait
(September 17, 2003) Today’s Iraq should not be burdened with past obligations incurred by Saddam, says Mahdi al-Hafiz.
Iraq wants to clinch water deal with Syria, Turkey
(September 17, 2003) Poor relations with Syria and Turkey under Saddam Hussein’s government prevented Iraq from reaching an agreement on water quotas with its neighbours. Now talks to increase water flow from Turkey to Iraq and Syria are expected soon.
Governing council appoints central bank governor
(September 15, 2003) The Iraqi Governing Council appoints Iraq’s first post-Hussein central bank governor.
Corruptions Perception Index – Kenya to perform poorly
(September 15, 2003) As in other African countries, corruption in Kenya has been inextricably intertwined with the nature of the modern African state that is driven by patronage and derives its legitimacy from an ability to create and dispense patronage.
Another watershed for Acres
(September 15, 2003) Updating the Lesotho Highlands water project bribery scandal.
No conflict of interest in Iraq contract, says Belka
(September 12, 2003) The chair of an international donors’ conference to rebuild Iraq said there was no conflict of interest between his role and his position with a Polish bank, part of a winning tender to establish the Trade Bank of Iraq.
Prosecuting bribery in Lesotho
(September 5, 2003) "Lesotho is committed to completing these prosecutions, primarily in order to eradicate corruption in Lesotho. But also to set an example for other countries." – L. F. Maema, KC, the Attorney General of Lesotho.
Lesotho gets serious about corruption
(September 4, 2003) The Lesotho government has taken another step to show the world that it will continue to fight corruption after the bribery scandal involving millions of rand over the construction of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
African adventure
(September 2, 2003) Multinational corporations have often viewed bribery as a distasteful but necessary part of doing business in certain countries – particularly underdeveloped ones.
AfDB cancels projects in Nigeria over corruption
(September 1, 2003) Overwhelmed by complaints of failed water projects due to official corruption, the African Development Bank (ADB) has announced the cancellation of 80 per cent of its projects in the country.
A world of corruption
(September 1, 2003) Richard D. North, Media Fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs, explores dishonesty, bribery, sleaze, fraud and graft around the world in Corruption, a four-part documentary which began on Monday, August 18, aired by the British Broadcasting Corporation. On Monday, Sept. 1, the series will look at the groundbreaking corruption trial underway in Lesotho, one of the smallest and poorest countries in Africa. The CEO of a dam project, the biggest construction project in Africa, was found to have taken $2 million in bribes, which he’d stashed in a string of secret Swiss bank accounts.
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