Current Affairs of Corruption

If the IMF grants Egypt's request, this fresh financial assistance will be added to a pool of prior loans totaling more than USD 24 billion, making Egypt the IMF's second largest borrower behind Argentina.

Saddek Elkaber’s visit to the United States illustrates how important he is for Washington.

Kais Saied continues to be controversial with his personality and unorthodox style of governing.

There is a severe economic gap between the rich and the poor in Morocco.

In the course of ten years of Syria’s war, hundreds of thousands of young people were drawn into the militarization of the country.

Ukraine and Russia provide up to 90% of Lebanon's wheat and cooking oil imports, as well as a significant portion of the country's grain imports.

Smuggling drugs from Syria worsened and turned into an international issue.

FSO Safer’s parts and equipment are severely damaged due to the lack of maintenance.

The long-awaited search for justice for victims of accused Lebanese serial sexual assaulter Marwan Habib has taken an international turn.

Sudan entered a dark tunnel after the resignation of prime minister of the transitional government Abdulla Hamdok.

Does the return of Kuwaiti dissidents from their exile mean an end to the political crisis?

More than two years after the financial collapse, the Lebanese remain in the dark regarding the secrets of the Central Bank accounts and the beneficiaries of the operations that led to the banking system’s losses.

The Syrian social rift and humanitarian crisis led to an unprecedent increase in crimes rates.

Turkey's historical crisis with debt, interest and the exchange rate, like many developing countries, is due to several developments related to global financial markets that took place since 2009 on multiple stages.

Today, Lebanon has become the third most recipient of humanitarian aid. It receives about 5.8% of the total humanitarian funding in the world.

The integration of Salameh's role with the vision of the political authority was not limited to the banking sector. Still, this harmony included the monetary policies he adopted, which fueled the same rentier and fragile economy pattern.

The Iranian economic presence in Syria is inseparable from Tehran’s political and military influence.

Many consider that the vast explosion of the banking crisis occurred in October 2019, but the mass of losses had begun to accumulate more than nine years before this date, while the issue remained out of sight all this time.

Judge Bitar solely burdened with confronting an entire political regime.

The coming Iraqi elections will be the worst for their possible consequences.

In Tunisia, on the night of the country’s 64th Republic Day, president Kais Saied took over executive, legislative and even judicial power.

Iraq has been hit by the second tragic hospital fire in three months triggered by unsafe storage of oxygen in the treatment of mounting COVID-19 patients.

Desperate to survive, Lebanese may become even more dependent on the piecemeal support handed out by sectarian factions.

The rivalry between the two men dates back to 2004 when King Abdullah replaced Hamza as Crown Prince with his eldest son Hussein.

Western ambassadors and UNSMIL were more concerned with expediating the process to secure a political deal than safeguarding the integrity of the dialogue forum.

Bribing and corruption cause woes of all kinds in the Arab world. To know more about this issue, read the following blog of Hakim Marzouki.

According to Transparency International, Jordan was ranked 59th of 180 in terms of perception of corruption in 2017 with a score of 48 out of 100, with 0 being highly corrupted and 100 very clean. Jordan’s penal code criminalizes corruption, …

Many never believed it would happen, as the Lebanese fear of another civil war if they let go of their political leaders – who were often warlords during the war and now act as community protectors – has largely kept people from taking to the …

The currency crisis in Lebanon is threatening to send the country, which is already on shaky economic ground, into complete bankruptcy. Protests have erupted, but the country’s leaders seem unwilling or unable to react.

Bribery has become so common that there is a ‘price list’ for buying officials and players, depending on the importance of a game. Although incidents of corruption are openly addressed by local media and club officials, the Algerian Football …

This pervasive corruption has made it difficult for Kuwait to attract foreign investors. Kuwait ranks 54th out of 140 in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2018, the lowest ranking of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, …

Given that the north and north-east of Syria are considered to be the country’s bread basket and that the burning fields in Iraq are situated in fertile Mesopotamia, this may be just the beginning of a much larger disaster.

Egypt’s current president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has vowed to tackle corruption. However, in September 2019, corruption and slander allegations against him in a series of videos by the relatively unknown actor and contractor Mohamed Ali sparked new …

However, there is no clear rule that obliges Netanyahu to leave office during the investigation. He likely won’t. Most pundits predict he will at least hold onto power until the next general elections, which must be held before November 2019. In …

The implication of government officials in drug trafficking is not surprising, Matthew Herbert, a research fellow with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, told Fanack Chronicle. “This mirrors similar efforts by traffickers …

A committee representing the protesters laid out a list of demands at a press conference in Basra on 16 July, according to the Kurdish news site Rudaw. These included: developing a plan for solving water and electricity shortages with a clear …

Netanyahu popularity remains unchanged in 2018 even after he has been questioned in some four cases, mainly of corruption but possibly also bribery. Thus, the future of Netanyahu and his coalition remain a major question, although it appears unlikely …

Samah Hadid, the deputy director of Amnesty International, said that most human rights activists in the country were either in prison or on trial, their whereabouts still undisclosed. The others, she added, risk arrest at any time. MBS is clearly …

The prince is known for his business empire, philanthropy and for being the wealthiest man in the Middle East on Forbes’ billionaires list. Unlike other Saudi princes, bin Talal is self-made, meaning that he used his inherited wealth and royal …

As painful as Zarrab’s testimony must have been for some in Ankara, the revelations seem to have done little to rock the foundations of the current Turkish government, and Erdogan’s hold on power looks secure. However, the case comes amid the …

Whatever the case, such dramatic changes come at a price. The crown prince is consolidating power to a degree Saudi Arabia has not seen in generations. MBS has dismantled that system, alienating almost everyone and fundamentally altering the …

Formally, Netanyahu does not have to resign. However according to the Basic Law of Government, the prime minister will be forced to step down only if he is convicted of a crime that carries moral turpitude.

Al-Sisi is facing a ticking time bomb. The pressure to improve the lives of millions of unemployed youth, many of whom took part in the 2011 revolution, is his biggest incentive to limit corruption. Doing so must translate into more prosperity for …

The investigative report which involved interviewing dozens of UN staff (current and former employees), concluded that Bashar al-Assad is the sole bearer of a veto power over the allocation and delivery of humanitarian aid to war-affected areas. …

On 31 October 2016, Lebanon’s parliament has elected a former army general as president, following a surprising shift in allegiances across the country’s divided political parties. The vote breaks the political deadlock that has left many state …

In Morocco, corruption has been back on the political agenda in the run up to the 7 October parliamentary elections. According to Amnesty International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, corruption in Morocco has fallen to the same level it was in …

Corruption and sectarianism are jeopardizing Iraq’s security. Security and military officers have failed to bring stability to the country since the American invasion in 2003.

Despite its shortcomings, the movement was able to achieve an unprecedented social unity that transcended sectarian and social-class affiliations. It also was able to push the ruling class, who feared losing control of the status quo, to suggest a …