Somalia’s Election Corruption Trap and the Donor Dilemma
How weak systems, elite bargaining, and foreign funding can collide and what an anti-corruption response should look like Somalia’s elections are too often treated as a calendar event: something...
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Transparency Concerns Surrounding the Somaliland Development Fund (SDF)
For more than a decade, the Somaliland Development Fund (SDF) has been one of the primary vehicles through which international donors including the United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, and the...
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EXPENSIVE TO RUN FOR MP IN SOMALIA
The cost of running for a seat in the Somali Parliament is more than most citizens earn in 10 years. That is for the Lower House, as Senate positions...
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Somali President signs anti-corruption bill into law
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Saturday signed into law an anti-corruption bill aimed at ridding the Horn of African country of graft. “The President of the Federal Republic...
Read MoreSomalia brings back previously corrupt president promising change
Faced with criticism over massive corruption, restrictions on the media, and abuses of power in his first term, which ended in 2017, Mohamud has adopted a conciliatory tone. Hassan...
Read MoreCorruption & Mismanagement Hampering Somali Humanitarian Efforts
Corruption and mismanagement of funds remain the biggest setback in meeting emergency efforts in Somalia humanitarian efforts as the United Nations announced it will require US$ 1.09 billion to provide life-saving assistance to...
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Somalia Must Explain Missing Cash Before Receiving More Foreign Aid
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a January 2010 speech that “development was once the province of humanitarians, charities, and governments looking to gain allies in global struggles. Today it...
Read MoreReport: Somali Fishermen Object to ‘Shocking’ Deal Allowing China in Their Waters
Somali fishing communities have expressed concerns that a “debt trap diplomacy”-linked deal between their government and China has granted Beijing a license to exploit their livelihoods legally, Radio France...
Read MoreMost corrupt country in the world? Somalia, says Transparency International.
Along with war, piracy, and chronic hunger, here’s another reason not to live in Somalia: corruption. According to a new report released today by the Germany-based anti-corruption group Transparency...
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