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Playing with numbers won’t cure Egypt’s corruption

9 August 2016 in Africa and Middle East, Anti-corruption movement, Politics and government

“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 Geneina” was one sarcastic suggestion on Twitter. Geneina was the head of Egypt’s top auditing body until earlier this year when he […]

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Three reasons why attacking Egypt’s top auditor is bad news

10 June 2016 in Accountability, Africa and Middle East, Cost of Corruption, Politics and government

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 came to power in 2013, he made fighting corruption a top priority; “There should be full trust in the monitoring bodies and their […]

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