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Subject
Anti-corruption in Africa
Significance
The African Union (AU) on January 28 declared 2018 the ‘African Anti-Corruption Year’. In doing so, the AU explicitly recognised the corrosive impact of corruption on human, political and economic development, and on virtually all aspects of the lives of ordinary Africans.
Impacts
Rwandan President Paul Kagame is expected to provide strong leadership as incoming AU Chairperson, but his approach may ruffle feathers.
Expanding internet and social media use may change the ways populations hold politicians to account.
The impacts of corruption will fall hardest on the continent’s poorest and most vulnerable.
Keywords:
Africa,
AF,
Cameroon,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Ghana,
Kenya,
Nigeria,
South Africa,
economy,
international relations,
politics,
social,
corruption,
crime,
government,
judicial,
legislation,
media
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