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Egypt in crisis: A look at corruption figures for the last two years

15 July 2013 in Access to information, Africa and Middle East, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Whistleblowing

Egyptians are sharply divided over the military’s recent ousting of President Morsi on the back of large-scale popular demonstrations against his rule. They are far more unified, however, in their views on what ails the country. Corruption is at the forefront of those concerns. On 9 July 2013 Transparency International released the Global Corruption Barometer […]

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Women’s Day: Seeking justice and transparency in Egypt

6 March 2013 in Africa and Middle East, People power

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 has no shortage of everyday heroes. The activists that do not grace newspaper headlines but just go about their insistent struggle for justice on […]

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Corruption: An ongoing revolution in the Arab world

5 December 2012 in Africa and Middle East, Measurement and Research, People power

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 responsibility of a few, to the preoccupation of many. In most countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, trust in government remains low, with […]

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