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  • Newspaper

    Teaching corruption subject at primary school level will eradicate corruption

    Tanzania UR

    Press

    Jamilah Khaji - The Citizen

    Corruption threatens good governance, sustainable development, democratic process and fair business environment. Young Citizen reporter caught students from Mapambano Tuition Center expressing their views in a debate whose motion is: teaching corruption subject from primary school level will help to eradicate corruption.

  • Newspaper

    I will not resign over fraud charge – Education Minister

    Kenya

    Press

    Sam Kiplagat - Daily Nation

    Nairobi — Higher Education minister has said he will not resign over a Sh96m fraud charge leveled against him in court.

  • Newspaper

    Massive graft' turns off Canadian aid tap

    Kenya

    Press

    - Daily Nation

    Kenya is no longer a country of focus for aid from Canada, the country's new High Commissioner has said, due to massive graft. He cited the scandal surrounding the Sh103 million embezzled from the Free Primary Education programme.

  • Newspaper

    Honorary degrees "abused" – claim

    Kenya, Tanzania UR

    Press

    Gilbert Nganga - University World News

    Universities in two East African countries, Kenya and Tanzania, have come under fire for prolifically awarding honorary degrees – in some cases allegedly for money and in others in return for influence.

  • Newspaper

    Doctors and teachers cited in "quiet corruption"

    Namibia

    Press

    Catherine Sasman - New Era

    A report from the World Bank, "Africa Development Indicators 2010", has concluded that "quiet corruption" faced by common citizens is undermining the continent's development efforts and adversely affects inflows of investments.

  • Newspaper

    Causes of corruption concerning girls in schools

    Côte d'Ivoire

    Press

    Ablan Anne-Marie, N'Dasso Flore Ben-Bac, Kouakou Armand, Konan Ettien, Bende - Rocare

    Compared to boys, girls are more exposed to corrupt practices, especially girls within the 15-19 age group. Eradicating the phenomenon through the increase of public awareness and the creation of units to fight corruption in schools is the challenge facing educational authorities.

  • Newspaper

    Professors who exposed fraud sacked

    Congo DR

    Press

    - University World News

    Two professors at the University of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who alerted the law about embezzlement of funds, are facing the sack on the orders of the Minister of Higher and University Education.

  • Newspaper

    Ministers boycott cabinet

    Kenya

    Press

    - BBC News

    Allies of the Kenyan Prime Minister have said they will boycott cabinet meetings until a dispute with the President has been sorted. The two men clashed after the Prime Minister suspended two ministers accused of corruption - only for the President to reverse the decision hours later.

  • Newspaper

    Corrupt primary heads turn public schools in Kisumu into academies

    Kenya

    Press

    Dickens Wasonga - African Press Internationa

    As schools re-opened countrywide last week, parents with children in public primary schools within Kisumu municipality now want the government to rescue them from the hands of rogue head teachers who have turned the schools into private academies to aid them mint cash.

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