18/02/06 (B338-A) Selon un article publié en Anglais sur le site de la BBC, le coût de la corruption dans les pays d’Afrique avoisinerait 25 % du revenu national !!! A cause ce fléau, les populations sont appauvries y compris dans les pays riches en ressources naturelles : Pétrole, gaz, etc.. (Info lecteur)
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Même si Guelleh pense l’inverse bien sur, il est rassurant de constater qu’un mouvement anti-corruption prend de l’ampleur et de la force en Afrique et que des dirigeants corrompus qui ont épuisé toutes les richesses de leur pays, commencent à être traduits devant les Justices pénales (ex : Kenya …)
A qui le prochain tour ?
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The cost of corruption in Africa
Lien avec l’article : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4723572.stm
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Corruption costs African countries an estimated 25% of its combined national income, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said – some $148bn a year. The outgoing leader of the African Union called the problem « a preventable loss » and said that industries such as oil, gas and minerals were worst hit. He blamed « unpatriotic citizens », who he said were looting African resources. The West was collaborating, he added, by allowing the proceeds from graft to be held in banks outside Africa.
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Speaking at the the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Abuja, Mr Obasanjo promised a « war against corruption » in Nigeria, which is notorious for graft.
Unpatriotic citizens in our midst loot our resources and cart the proceeds away into Western banks
Olusegun Obasanjo
Mr Obasanjo said revenue from extractive industries – mining and oil production – was « a major contributor to this monumental and preventable loss ».
« The popular ‘paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty’ is a daily experience in many African countries rich in oil, gas and minerals, » the president said.
« The majority of citizens in these countries still lack basic health and educational facilities. »
‘Collaboration’
EITI was formed as part of an effort to oblige governments to open their oil accounts to scrutiny, and to hold them accountable for their income.
« Unpatriotic citizens in our midst loot our resources and cart the proceeds away into Western banks with the collaboration of Western financial systems, » Mr Obasanjo said, in comments quoted by the This Day newspaper.
« When we signed into EITI in 2003, we resolved to implement it through a model of coalition. »
President Obasanjo blamed the prevalence of corruption revealed by recent audits on the « institutional decay and dislocation that our country suffered over the last two decades ».
« Our challenge is to use the impetus granted us by these audits to transform our revenue reporting mechanisms, production institutions and human personnel for a more transparent extractive industry, » he said.
He said civil society organisations could serve as « whistle blowers that can complement our anti-corruption drive ».