(August 6, 2002) Mozambique should step up the reform of the public sector, and improve the management of foreign aid, in order gradually to reduce the level of corruption, advised Juan Marcelino.
Former justice pleads guilty to bribe charge
(August 6, 2002) Victor I. Barron, a former State Supreme Court justice in Brooklyn charged with receiving a bribe, pleaded guilty yesterday under an agreement that will send him to prison for at least three years.
Enron criminal probe focuses on alleged corruption abroad
(August 5, 2002) Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Enron Corp. for years bribed foreign government officials to win contracts for its far-flung operations abroad.
Spotlight to fall on Crown corporations
(August 5, 2002) Extending the Access to Information Act to Crown corporations and other institutions not currently covered by the law will be among the major changes introduced this fall by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, sources have told The Canadian Press.
Why foreign investment eludes Nigeria – Jeter
(August 2, 2002) Efforts of Nigerian Government to attract foreign investment into the country would come to naught unless urgent steps are taken to tackle corruption, United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Howard Jeter has said.
Missing voices on the Nu River dam project
In all of the debate so far over the proposed dams, ‘there is one group of stakeholders whose voice is largely unheard: the mostly poor local residents.’
Source of potential conflict
(August 2, 2002) ‘China’s growth-driven pollution of the environment, and its enormous demand for natural resources and energy, are also injecting a new and potentially disruptive element into Beijing’s relations with neighbouring states – water politics.’
Profiting from apartheid
(August 2, 2002) A week from today, in the U.S. District Court here, a class-action trial begins against companies that did business in South Africa during the apartheid years.
Fair and Transparent Arbitration Processes: A new road to resolve debt crises
(August 1, 2002) The paper presents the idea of Fair and Transparent Arbitration Processes, gives information about the institutions which determine today’s debt management, and promotes discussion of some key aspects of the process.
The Doctrine of ‘Odious Debts’
(August 1, 2002) Does international law provide a remedy to instances where debts are contracted for purposes of committing recognised international wrongful acts? A contemporary case of the Apartheid Debts
Victims of apartheid to attend court in New York
(August 1, 2002) An SA delegation of people who are suing international banks and companies for profiteering from apartheid, will attend an open conference of an apartheid class action in a New York court next week Friday.
S.Africans to cite Shell in apartheid damages claim
(August 1, 2002) The South African task force seeking billions of dollars from foreign companies alleged to have bolstered white apartheid rule could soon add Royal Dutch Shell to their action, a task force spokesman said on Thursday.
Commission asks to retract corruption charges, press new ones
(August 1, 2002) The proceedings of the corruption case against 12 individuals including former Defence Minister Seye Abraha, his brothers and a sister, former Prime Minister Tamirat Layne, yet again took a sudden twist when the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission yesterday asked The Federal Supreme Court to allow it to retract its pre-trial charges.
Abacha loot: Government stalls hearing again
(August 1, 2002) The hearing in the case was adjourned yesterday for the third time due to the inability of the attorney general’s office to produce copies of the letters written by the Federal Government to the International Police(INTERPOLs).
Harmony stems from democracy
(July 31, 2002) ‘The market economy is not a sin. … the sin comes from inequality of non-economic rights. It is this inequality of rights that distorts China’s market economy, and that also leads to omnipresent corruption and peasant problems,’ writes Prof. Zhu Xueqin.
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