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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 87
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1.EDITORIAL
THE ROBBEN ISLAND GUIDELINES
* The Guidelines and Measures for the Prohibition and Prevention of
Torture,
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa (The
Robben
Island Guidelines) were adopted at the 32nd Ordinary Session of The
African
Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in Banjul, The Gambia, held
between
October 17-23.
Part I: Prohibition of Torture
A. Ratification of Regional and International Instruments
1. States should ensure that they are a party to relevant international and
regional human rights instruments and ensure that these instruments are
fully
implemented in domestic legislation and accord individuals the
maximum scope
for accessing the human rights machinery that they establish. This would
include:
a) Ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter of Human and
Peoples'
Rights establishing an African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights;
b) Ratification of or accession to the UN Convention against Torture,
Cruel,
Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment without reservations,
to make
declarations accepting the jurisdiction of the Committee against Torture
under
Articles 21 and 22 and recognising the competency of the Committee to
conduct
inquiries pursuant to Article 20;
c) Ratification of or accession to the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights and the First Optional Protocol thereto without
reservations;
d) Ratification of or accession to the Rome Statute establishing the
International Criminal Court;
B. Promote and Support Co-operation with International Mechanisms
2. States should co-operate with the African Commission on Human and
Peoples'
Rights and promote and support the work of the Special Rapporteur on
prisons
and conditions of detention in Africa, the Special Rapporteur on arbitrary,
summary and extra-judicial executions in Africa and the Special
Rapporteur
on
the rights of women in Africa.
3. States should co-operate with the United Nations Human Rights
Treaties
Bodies, with the UN Commission on Human Rights' thematic and country
specific
special procedures, in particular, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture,
including the issuance of standing invitations for these and other relevant
mechanisms.
C. Criminalisation of Torture
4. States should ensure that acts, which fall within the definition of
torture,
based on the UN Convention against Torture, are offences within their
national
legal systems.
5. States should pay particular attention to the prohibition and prevention
of
gender-related forms of torture and ill-treatment and the torture and ill-
treatment of young persons.
6. National courts should have jurisdictional competence to hear cases of
allegations of torture in accordance with Article 5 (2) of the UN Convention
against Torture.
7. Torture should be made an extraditable offence.
8. The trial or extradition of those suspected of torture should take place
expeditiously in conformity with relevant international standards.
9. Circumstances such as state of war, threat of war, internal political
instability or any other public emergency, shall not be invoked as a
justification of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment.
10. Notions such as "necessity", "national emergency", "public order",
and "ordre public" shall not be invoked as a justification of torture,
cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
11. Superior orders shall never provide a justification or lawful excuse for
acts of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
12. Those found guilty of having committed acts of torture shall be subject
to
appropriate sanctions that reflect the gravity of the offence, applied in
accordance with relevant international standards.
13. No one shall be punished for disobeying an order that they commit
acts
amounting to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment.
14. States should prohibit and prevent the use, production and trade of
equipment or substances designed to inflict torture or ill-treatment and
the
abuse of any other equipment or substance to these ends.
D. Non-Refoulement
15. States should ensure no one is expelled or extradited to a country
where
he
or she is at risk of being subjected to torture.
E. Combating Impunity
16. In order to combat impunity States should:
a) Ensure that those responsible for acts of torture or ill-treatment are
subject to legal process.
b) Ensure that there is no immunity from prosecution for nationals
suspected
of
torture, and that the scope of immunities for foreign nationals who are
entitled to such immunities be as restrictive as is possible under
international law.
c) Ensure expeditious consideration of extradition requests to third states,
in
accordance with international standards.
d) Ensure that rules of evidence properly reflect the difficulties of
substantiating allegations of ill-treatment in custody.
e) Ensure that where criminal charges cannot be sustained because of
the
high
standard of proof required, other forms of civil, disciplinary or
administrative action are taken if it is appropriate to do so.
F. Complaints and Investigation Procedures
17. Ensure the establishment of readily accessible and fully independent
mechanisms to which all persons can bring their allegations of torture
and
ill-
treatment.
18. Ensure that whenever persons who claimed to have been or who
appear to
have
been tortured or ill-treated are brought before competent authorities an
investigation shall be initiated.
19. Investigations into all allegations of torture or ill-treatment, shall
be
conducted promptly, impartially and effectively, guided by the UN Manual
on
the
Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and other Cruel,
Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (The Istanbul Protocol).
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=11303
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2.CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND CRISES
AFRICA: DIAMOND STATES BAR WAR ZONE STONES
http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.jsp?a=13&o=11596
Forty-five countries engaged in the diamond trade finally signed a new
scheme
to stem the flow of "conflict" diamonds this week. The certification
scheme,
which will take effect on January 1, is the result of 30 months of
negotiations. Alex Yearsley, a representative for Global Witness, which led
the
campaign against "conflict" diamonds, expressed reservations about the
monitoring scheme. But overall, he said,"we are happy with the
agreement. It
is
great that the governments signed up to it." He added: "Hopefully, it will
stop
a good 80-90% of conflict diamonds."
AFRICA: STAMPING OUT FIRES IS NO WAY TO END CONFLICTS
http://www.dwcw.org/cgi/wwwbbs.cgi?Africa&2
Dialogue Webpage for Conflicts Worldwide say, in a paper on their
website on
Africa and conflict prevention, that adequate capacity for an Early Warning
System that provides advance information on the root causes of crises
should
be
engineered. They say that democratic governance should be
institutionalisedand
concerted efforts made to deal with the problem of poverty.
BURUNDI: REBELS STEP UP WAR DESPITE PROGRESS AT
CEASEFIRE TALKS
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30739
Burundian rebels have launched several fresh attacks against
government
forces
despite progress at ceasefire talks between the two sides, being held in
the
Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam.
BURUNDI: THOUSANDS NEED URGENT HUMANITARIAN AID
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30755
At least 10,000 people in central and southwestern Burundi, who fled
recent
fighting between government and rebel forces, need urgent humanitarian
aid,
local officials said.
CAR: REGIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE TO ARRIVE
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30743
The first soldiers of a 350-man regional peacekeeping force are due to
arrive "early this week" in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic
(CAR), Gen Lamine Cisse, the Representative of the United Nations
Secretary-
General in the CAR, told IRIN on Sunday. The regional force is to replace
a
Libyan contingent of some 200 men that has been stationed in CAR since
the
failed 28 May 2001 coup by former President Andre Kolingba. It will be
responsible for protecting President Ange-Felix Patasse, restructuring the
CAR's armed forces, and monitoring the CAR-Chad border zones.
CAR: THE CAPITAL IS BANGUI, JUST BY THE WAY
http://www.dwcw.org/cgi/wwwbbs.cgi?Africa&4
I wonder how many people could name the capital of the Central African
Republic? Or even locate it on a map. At the moment there is intense
fighting
going on there. This is the fifth day of fighting in the capital city of the
CAR. The conflict centres on insurgents trying to oust the President, Ange
Felix Patasse. These insurgents supposedly comprise the supporters of
a
former
army chief, General Francois Bozize, who has just returned to France,
says
this
commentary on the Dialogue Webpage for Conflicts Worldwide.
DRC-RWANDA: EXTRA 90 DAYS TO IMPLEMENT PEACE ACCORD
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30737
During talks held on 1 November in the South African administrative
capital,
Pretoria, Presidents Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the
Congo
(DRC) and Paul Kagame of Rwanda agreed to an extra 90 days to
implement the
Pretoria peace accord. The accord, signed on 30 July, committed Rwanda
to
withdrawing its troops from DRC territory in return for the demobilisation
and
repatriation of Rwandan Hutu Interahamwe militias and former armed
forces,
who
had sought refuge in the DRC following the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
HORN OF AFRICA: US PLANS ANTI-TERROR HQ IN HORN
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2392831.stm
US defence officials have confirmed that they are planning to establish a
military headquarters in the Horn of Africa to help in the hunt for
suspected
terrorists. The Horn of Africa has become a main focus of the Americans
global
war on terrorism and their hunt for suspected al-Qaeda members and
their
sympathisers.
IVORY COAST: TALKS BETWEEN REBELS AND GOVERNMENT RESUME
IN LOME
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30801
Closed-door talks between the government of Cote d'Ivoire and the rebels
resumed in the Togolese capital, Lome, on Wednesday, a source in
Lome told
IRIN. The talks which were to begin on Monday were delayed when the
rebel
delegation failed to show up in Lome and threatened to pull out of the
talks
if
their political demands such as the resignation of President Laurent
Gbagbo
and
fresh elections were not included in this round of talks.
LIBERIA: TAYLOR ACCUSED OF VIOLATING UN ARMS EMBARGO
http://allafrica.com/stories/200211040705.html
A panel of UN experts has accused the government of Liberian President
Charles
Taylor of violating an arms embargo imposed on the west African nation
more
than two years ago, the UN information agency IRIN said Thursday. The
country
received an air delivery of "six cargo aircraft in June, July and August
2002
containing weapons and ammunition supplies totalling over 200 tons",
the
experts said in the report, delivered to the UN Security Council on October
24.
NIGERIA: TENSION MOUNTS IN DELTA OVER TROOP DEPLOYMENT
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30773
Tension is mounting in Nigeria’s oil region Delta state over recent
deployment
of troops amid allegations by residents that they were subjecting several
ethnic Ijaw communities to harassment. Residents of villages including
Diebiri,
Batan, Ajuju, Ewerigbene and Kumusi said scores of heavily armed naval
personnel have been deployed in their riverine communities since an oil
spill
last month, which affected their farmlands and fishing areas.
SOMALIA: PEACE TALKS DEADLOCKED
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30757
The Somali peace talks, underway in the Kenyan town of Eldoret, are
deadlocked
over representation in the various committees which are being set up to
discuss
the establishment of an all-inclusive government, sources close to the
talks
told IRIN on Tuesday. Members of the leaders' committee (comprising
representatives of faction leaders, the Transitional National Government
and
five members from civil society), which met on Monday, failed to agree on
the
number of participants each group would be allocated in the various
committees,
the sources said.
SOUTH AFRICA DONATES 1 MILLION FOR FOOD CRISIS IN LESOTHO
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=552
The High Commission of the Republic of South Africa in Lesotho donated
1
million to the Lesotho government for the poverty reduction process.
SOUTH AFRICA: DURBAN UNICITY WITHDRAWS ILLEGAL LEVY IN
SHAME!
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?
action=viewarticle&articleid=549&PHPSESSID=89d8ca2b4609e13b0a72
2ba35b2614e4
The Tenants Association of Sydenham Heights has won a major victory,
with
the
ANC Durban Unicity being forced to pay back in cash all unlawful levies
they
collected illegally from poor tenants for several months.
SOUTH AFRICA: RENTAL TRIBUNAL CONFIRMS ELECTRICITY
DISCONNECTIONS ILLEGAL
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=538
Residents of Sydenham Heights have been under attack from the City
Council
since Wednesday, with mass electricity disconnections taking place. The
illegitimacy of these disconnections has been confirmed. In terms of the
Rental
and Housing Act, Section 13 (7) no action should have been taken by
Council
from the date a complaint was lodged with the Rental Tribunal, until
resolution, or for a period of three months.
SOUTH AFRICA: UNIONS, GOVERNMENT AT ODDS OVER FARM
KALKPAN
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?
action=viewarticle&articleid=545&PHPSESSID=de22c754f7a91ca64eddb
7dc7a7867eb
A rift appears to be developing between the country's largest union
federation
and the government over the fate of Farm Kalkpan, which hit the headlines
after
the farm manager, sought the eviction of six families.
SWAZILAND: ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION
http://www.peacelink.it/afrinews/79_issue/p2.html
An outmoded land tenure system, poor farming methods and adverse
weather
patterns have subjected more than a quarter of the population to
imminent
starvation. The solution, the government says, is the formation of
agricultural
co-operatives.
UGANDA: PRESIDENT SETS UP TEAM FOR TALKS WITH REBELS
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30777
A move by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to establish a
six-member team
for
talks with the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been hailed as a
positive
step towards resolving the 16-year insurgency in northern Uganda.
ZIMBABWE: COUNTRY RUSHING TOWARDS TOTAL ECONOMIC
COLLAPSE, WARNS IMF
http://allafrica.com/stories/200211040485.html
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s top expert on Zimbabwe says the
country
is on the brink of an economic crisis that will make the current hardships
seem
like child's play. Gerry Johnson, the IMF's resident representative to
Zimbabwe, said government mismanagement could soon plunge the
nation into a
hyperinflationary spiral that would bring the economy to its knees -
possibly
before year's end.
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3.RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
ABUJA: AFRICAN LEADERS TAKE FIRST STEP TOWARDS PEER
REVIEW
http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.jsp?a=37
African leaders on Sunday took the first step towards setting up a
mechanism
to
monitor each other's progress towards good government, a key plank in a
widely-
praised new development strategy.
AFRICA: ARTICLE 19 WELCOMES ADOPTION OF DECLARATION OF
PRINCIPLES
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=554
The Article 19 has welcomed the adoption of the declaration of principles
of
the freedom of expression in Africa, by The African Commission, on
Human and
Peoples’ Rights. The Article 19 expressed that the declaration symbolised
the
commitment and determination of the African Commission, to tackle the
increasing violations of the right to freedom of expression and information
in
many African countries.
AFRICA: REALISING HUMAN RIGHTS FOR POOR PEOPLE
http://62.189.42.51/DFIDstage/Pubs/files/tsp_human.pdf
This paper, produced by the UK Department for International
Development
(DFID)
presents DFID's strategy for the achievement of human rights and
fundamental
freedoms of poor people. The central message is that the International
Development Targets can only be achieved through the engagement of
poor
people
in the development processes, which affect their lives. The human rights
approach to development means empowering people to take their own
decisions,
rather than being the passive objects of choices made on their behalf.
DRC: UN DOCUMENTS REPORT CONTINUING RIGHTS ABUSES
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30692
Massive violations of human rights are still continuing in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC), especially in areas controlled by the
country's
two main rebel groups - the Rassemblement congolais pour la
democratie and
the
Mouvement pour la liberation du Congo - says the United Nations. A new
report
by the UN Special Rapporteur probing conditions in the DRC, Iulia Motoc,
said
that in rebel-held areas, especially in eastern DRC, "no human, civil,
political, economic or social rights are observed".
KENYA: EAST AFRICA STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT FOR US
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/nov2002/keny-n05.shtml
President Daniel arap Moi's maneuverings ahead of December 27
elections
could
be taking place with the tacit approval of the Bush administration. A
Washington Post report emphasised the importance of Kenya within the
Horn of
Africa region and its strategic importance in the US government’s planned
war
against Iraq. “The future of this East African nation has become
increasingly
important to the United States because Kenya is a relatively stable
American
ally in a neighbourhood that includes the warring nations of Sudan,
Somalia,
Rwanda and Congo. It may also be crucial if the United States decides to
attack
Iraq. Under agreements with the United States, Kenya could lend its
Indian
ocean bases,” the Post states.
KENYA: KANU WON'T RIG ELECTIONS, SAYS MOI
http://allafrica.com/stories/200211060447.html
President Moi has denied charges that Kanu planned to rig the coming
General
Election. The President said that the Electoral Commission of Kenya
(ECK),
which organises and conducts the polls, was not under the control of the
governing party.
LIBERIA: LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST CHARGED WITH
TREASON
http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/recent/AFR340272002!Open
Amnesty International is calling on the Liberian government to
immediately
release Aloysius Toe, a leading human rights activist who was arrested
on 4
November 2002 and charged with treason. "Aloysius Toe has done
nothing but
work
legitimately for the defence of fundamental human rights in Liberia,"
Amnesty
International said. "There is no basis to the charge against him and he
must
be
immediately and unconditionally released."
MALAWI: PROTESTS AGAINST THIRD TERM TURN VIOLENT
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30715
What started out as a peaceful demonstration against a proposed third
term
for
President Bakili Muluzi turned violent last Friday when police clashed with
protestors in Blantyre, the country's commercial centre. Shops remained
closed
as armed paramilitary police fought running street battles with
demonstrators,
barring them from continuing with a protest against a proposed third term
for
Muluzi.
MOZAMBIQUE: ELECTION COMMISSIONERS WILL BE PROPOSED BY
CIVIL SOCIETY
The presidents of the national and lower level election commissions are
to
be "proposed by civil society" and the other members of the election
commission
are to choose their president from those proposals by secret ballot. It is
remarkable and, for Mozambique, unprecedented to give such a role to
civil
society. This posting from the Mozambique Political Process Bulletin also
contains information on local and national election processes in
Mozambique.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=11144
NIGERIA: FIRST SHARI'AH FLOGGING IN THE SOUTH
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30722
A 29 year-old man became the first person in southern Nigeria to be
punished
under Islamic law when he was given 100 lashes on Thursday for
indulging in
pre-
marital sex. Suleiman Shittu was flogged before a crowd of hundreds in
front
of
the main mosque in the southwestern town of Ibadan, Oyo State, which
has a
large Muslim population.
NIGERIA: LOBBY GROUPS URGE OBASANJO TO FORGO RE-ELECTION
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=30800
Two main lobby groups in northern and southeastern Nigeria said on
Tuesday
President Olusegun Obasanjo should give up his bid for re-election in
2003
in
the interest of national unity. The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), which
represents northern interests, and Ohaneze Ndigbo, which groups the
political
and business elite of the southeastern Igbo, in a joint statement said
Obasanjo’s ambition for re-election was unpopular and raising political
tension
to dangerous levels.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION
The Inter African Network for Human Rights and Development (AFRONET)
in its
observer status with the African Commission on Human and People's
Rights and
coordinator of the Southern African Human Rights NGO Network
(SAHRINGON) has
noted with "deep and great concern" the increase in human rights abuses
in
the
Southern African region. In a submission to the 32nd Ordinary Session of
the
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, the network pointed
to
HIV/AIDS, land struggles, the situation in the DRC and Angola, famine and
election irregularities as cause for concern in the region.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=11228
SOUTHERN AFRICA: EU-SADC SUMMIT MUST FOCUS ON HUMAN
RIGHTS
Safeguarding rights and responding robustly to the looming humanitarian
disaster in southern Africa should top the agenda of a high level
ministerial
meeting between members of the Southern African Development
Community (SADC)
and the European Union (EU), Human Rights Watch says. Human Rights
Watch
highlighted crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe,
Angola and
Swaziland that should be addressed at the meeting, which will take place
in
Maputo, Mozambique. "It is vital that the SADC take unambiguous and
decisive
actions on human rights issues," said Bronwen Manby, deputy director of
the
Africa Division. "Only then will the organization's stated commitments to
human
rights be taken seriously."
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=11219
TANZANIA: ANTI-HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IN THE OFFING!
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=536
NGOs in the country call for the support and pressure from you, to bear on
our
government to stop passing the bill into law this November. This should
happen
as we need more time as NGOs and Tanzanian citizens to fully participate
in
the
making of the law, which is going to govern our sector. Any law that does
not
respect basic human rights, as enshrined in the country’s constitution is
bound
to be barbaric and a deterrent to development, rather than an enabling
tool
for
social prosperity of the people of Tanzania.
ZIMBABWE: GOALS NOT ACHIEVED IN FAST-TRACK LAND REFORM
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=5470
Among the initial goals of the land reform programme in Zimbabwe was
the
resettlement of people from densely populated communal rural areas to
newly
acquired farm land. However, in the rush to implement the government's
fast-
track land reform programme, this has not happened, say analysts and
the
would-
be beneficiaries of land reform. They also point to signs that cronyism has
affected land redistribution.
ZIMBABWE: RELEASE OF NOVEMBER FARM INVASIONS REPORT
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=5457
A November report summarising the status of farm invasions in various
regions
of Zimbabwe details ongoing theft from farms, harassment of farmers,
and
provides details of farmers still remaining on their farms.
ZIMBABWE: TENSE ATMOSPHERE, LOW VOTER NUMBERS IN
BY-ELECTION
The polling period during the recent Insiza by-election was generally
peaceful
with few irregularities, according to a preliminary report by the Zimbabwe
Election Support Network (ZESN). However, ZESN said the atmosphere
had been
tense due to the presence of militia, marauding war veterans and
pre-election
violence. On the second day of polling the MDC candidate had been told
by
the
police not to enter the constituency because he was told his safety could
not
be guaranteed. "The issue of food shortage and hunger coupled with
underdevelopment in the constituency was exploited so as to gain
political
mileage by the ruling party," said the report.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=11294
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4.CORRUPTION
AFRICA/GLOBAL: THE CORRUPTION FIGHTERS' TOOL KIT
http://www.transparency.org/toolkits/
The Corruption Fighter's Tool Kit was created to share the experiences of
Transparency International's country chapter programmes, best practices,
and
lessons learned. The aim is to foster discussion, spark ideas, and
inspire
those fighting corruption around the world. The tool kit presents cases of
anti-
corruption activities to be replicated or adapted by civil society groups in
other countries. Emphasis is on empowering civil society with the
wherewithal
to engage both the public and private sectors.
ANGOLA: CORRUPTION UNDERMINES RELIEF TO ANGOLA
http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/544536?version=1
Gavin Hayman, campaigner with Global Witness, considers some of the
lessons
from the organisation's report on the exploitation of the Angolan civil war
to
loot state revenues from the oil industry. The missing money appears to
be
more
than the entire international humanitarian relief effort and he argues that
in
countries such as Angola, transparency is necessary if international relief
efforts are not to be endlessly undermined.
ANGOLA: MILLIONS PAID INTO JERSEY ACCOUNTS
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,825269,00.html
Hundreds of millions of pounds supposedly being paid by western oil
companies
to the government of Angola have been discovered going into secret
offshore
accounts in Jersey. The Lloyds TSB offshore accounts in the name of the
Angolan
state oil company, Sonangol, include cash payments by the companies to
the
government in return for exploration permits in the booming Angolan deep
water
oil fields.
DRC: CONGO'S FIGHT AGAINST GRAFT NEEDS OUTSIDE
SCRUTINY-IMF
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/545072
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) requires closer international
financial
supervision if the war-damaged nation is to fight official corruption, an
International Monetary Fund (IMF) expert said last Friday. As the vast
nation
extracts itself from a four-year regional war, it must create a transparent
government and banking system, said Jean Clement, assistant director of
the
IMF
Africa Department, who is in Kinshasa to conduct an economic review.
MOZAMBIQUE: ASSISTANT ATTORNEY-GENERAL SPEAKS ON
CORRUPTION
http://allafrica.com/stories/200210280774.html
Mozambique's Assistant Attorney-General, Isabel Rupia, has urged that
any
future anti-corruption law should criminalise the trafficking of influence,
as
well as the undue appropriation of public goods, by civil servants.
Speaking
at
a hearing organised by the Legal Affairs Commission of the Mozambican
parliament Rupia said that trafficking in influence was a "very subtle" form
of
corruption practiced by high ranking public servants.
NIGERIA: COUNTRY ACCUSES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF
HARBOURING LOOTED FUNDS
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=50496
Nigeria has put the blame for the endemic corruption in the country at the
doorsteps of the international community which it accused of accepting
looted
fund from public officers. The attorney-general and minister of justice,
Chief
Godwin Kanu Agabi said that Nigeria's classification as the second most
corrupt
country in the world is untrue and a design to humiliate the citizens.
NIGERIA: COURT RESTRAINS ICPC FROM INVESTIGATING NA'ABBA
http://www.u4.no/news/news.cfm?id=117
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained the Independent
Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), from
investigating
the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na'Abba, his
aides
and officers over alleged fraudulent withdrawal of N160 million from the
reserves of the House.
NIGERIA: OBASANJO URGES NATION TO JOIN GOVERNMENT'S
CRUSADE AGAINST
CORRUPTION
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=50497
President Olusegun Obasanjo has again appealed to Nigerians to join
the
government in its crusade against corruption in the country. He said
bribery
and corruption were continued problems for the country.
SOUTH AFRICA: POVERTY FUNDS SPENT ON A PYRAMID SCHEME
http://www.thusanang.org.za/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&si
d=122
Last week the Mail & Guardian reported that the Gauteng Department of
Social
Services and Welfare had shut almost all its poverty relief projects, citing
corruption, fraud and mismanagement of funds. The Gauteng Department
of
Social
Services and Welfare is blamed in the report, compiled by Mulalo
Nemavhandu,
manager of the provincial poverty programme, for not having monitoring
and
management mechanisms.
SOUTH AFRICA: GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARRESTED ON
CORRUPTION CHARGES
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,1009,46071,00.ht
ml
The Scorpions have arrested six senior Eastern Cape government
officials at
their offices in King Williamstown. This was apparently linked to
government
transport subsidies to bus owners.
SOUTH AFRICA: MIXED SIGNALS FROM PARTIES ON FUNDING
http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.jsp?a=11&o=11480
Political parties gave mixed signals last Friday on their willingness to
reveal
their sources of private funding. Their views, voiced at a seminar in
Centurion, ranged from conditional support for disclosure to calls for a
proper
inquiry into the matter. The Institute for Democracy in SA (Idasa) is
currently
conducting a campaign to obtain details of private funding for political
parties by using the Promotion of
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