Corruption: An ongoing revolution in the Arab world
The Arab world witnessed unprecedented changes with the toppling of dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya last year. The Arab Spring served to transform the anti-corruption issue from the...
View ArticleWomen’s Day: Seeking justice and transparency in Egypt
To ring in International Women’s Day on 8 March, Transparency International is featuring woman corruption fighters around the world. Evronia Azer is one of these women. The coastal city of Alexandria...
View ArticleTroubled waters: European neighbourhood progress reports published
This post was originally published in TI-EU‘s blog. Today the EU published progress reports for its neighbourhood partner countries, which also looks at reforms in governance and anti-corruption. It...
View ArticleEgypt in crisis: A look at corruption figures for the last two years
Egyptians are sharply divided over the military’s recent ouster of President Morsi on the back of large-scale popular demonstrations against his rule. They are far more unified, however, in their...
View ArticleEgypt: A new diagnosis for an old illness
This blog post is part of a series drawing on articles from the forthcoming project It Belongs to You: Public Information in the Middle East and North Africa. Behind the imposing edifice of the shiny...
View ArticleThree steps to (start) recovering stolen assets
It takes a long time and great deal of good will, legal procedures and paper work to return stolen assets to the countries where they belong. In April 2014, Switzerland commenced the return of US$40...
View ArticleAccess to information: collective action; collective voices
Across the Middle East and North Africa, Transparency International chapters and partner organisations used the International Right to Know day to petition governments to put access to information...
View Articleالوصول إلى المعلومات: فعل جماعيّ، أصوات جماعيّة
استخدمت فروع الشفافية الدولية في الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا والمنظمات الشريكة اليومَ العالمي للحق في المعرفة لمطالبة الحكومات بوضع موضوع الوصول إلى المعلومات على قمة أجندتها السياسية. إننا نطالب...
View ArticleThree reasons why attacking Egypt’s top auditor is bad news
Putting Egypt’s top auditor on trial sends a clear message: the Egyptian government is waging a war. Not against corruption but against those who fight against it. When President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi...
View ArticlePlaying with numbers won’t cure Egypt’s corruption
“There is corruption in local government,” admitted President Abdel Fattah el Sisi at a presidential youth forum in Cairo in early August. “But, what can we do?” he laughed. “Sack and jail Hisham...
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