For nearly half a century, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has made it illegal for U.S. citizens and companies to bribe ...
Dishonest governance is rarely a single act or brazen deal; more often, it appears as a set of habits that spread through a ...
More whistleblowers than previously known came forward alleging Biden family corruption in Ukraine. Senate Judiciary Chairman ...
Mass protests have erupted across the Philippines following revelations of widespread corruption in flood control projects.
The evolving relationship between the United States and Türkiye continues to be shaped by a complex mix of strategic ...
The emergence of corruption charges over the past four months is bound up with the political volatility of the Asia-Pacific ...
In global politics the concepts such as ‘patronage politics’, ‘spoils system’, and ‘padrino system’, have evolved from the ...
Ghana’s challenge today is not merely the loss of billions of cedis, but the way in which corruption corrodes the very foundations of governance and hampers progress. The Ghana Anti-Corruption ...
South Africa has become a permissive environment for America’s adversaries, and FATF placed it on its “grey list” in 2023 due ...
Among the false claims spreading on social media in recent weeks was that the Philippine military was preparing to launch a coup against Marcos, allegedly with support from the US Central Intelligence ...
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Patronage politics: Likely root cause of corruption

The 1987 Constitution was meant to establish a democratic government, restore freedoms, protect civil and political rights and put safeguards against authoritarian rule. But almost four decades later, ...