Archive for 2022
Deekay Ndoni Sibanda — Activism through art and film
“When I say I’m an activist, I’m on the ground, I’m a street activist. I’m not sitting at a desk — I want to go where things are happening.” “I call myself a human rights activist slash a queer rights activist,” says aspiring filmmaker and photographer Deekay Ndoni Sibanda, who is the 39-year-old programme officer…
Read MoreLlega a plataformas musicales “Volver al Corazón”, una mirada íntima a la realidad de mujeres que viven en prisión en México
Read the press release in English here. Ciudad de México, 17 de noviembre de 2022. En México existen actualmente 220 mil 420 personas privadas de la libertad, de las cuales 12 mil 418 son mujeres, informó el INEGI en el Censo Nacional de Sistemas Penitenciarios Nacional y Estatales 2022. Si bien toda la población penitenciaria…
Read MoreHow The US Can Support Democracy By Countering Disinformation In The Sahel
By Doussouba Konaté Instability in the Sahel is driven by disinformation. Alongside the growing militancy on the ground, there is a concurrent information war being fought to win the support of citizens. Jihadist groups spread anti-government and anti-foreign messages that find fertile ground in a region where governance has always been weak. Meanwhile, it is…
Read MorePresident Biden is Hosting a Summit of African Leaders – Governance in the Sahel Must Be a Priority
By Doussouba Konaté BAMAKO, Nov 11 2022 (IPS) – The upcoming Africa Leaders’ Summit– slated to take place in Washington, DC in December- is well-timed. The Biden administration has made a welcome and significant push over the past two years to support democracy, anti-corruption and peace-building around the world- and in Africa in particular. From the Summit for…
Read MoreStrengthening Accountability Mechanisms in Balochistan
In the words of Stephen Covey, “Accountability breeds response-ability.” This stands true at an individual as well as governmental level. When governments are accountable to their people, they are more responsive to the needs of the people. When we talk of democracy, the government’s financial accountability is undoubtedly a fundamental and distinctive aspect of parliamentary…
Read MoreA public service is only as strong as the people who work in it – recognise the Integrity Icons to squeeze out the bad
By Mark Heywood Maverick Citizen has been a firm promoter of the Integrity Icons campaign. We have done so because without a committed and effective public service we cannot achieve social justice, and because in our day-to-day reporting we frequently come across public servants who work tirelessly and make great sacrifices in the public interest. On…
Read MoreSA’s passionate and inspirational public servants honoured, with policeman taking top award
By Zukiswa Pikoli The Integrity Icons awards present an alternative to the perception that public servants are corrupt and lazy, and showcase that there are some who ‘go the extra mile’ The Accountability Lab has been running the Integrity Icons awards since 2018. The awards showcase the excellent work done by many men and women in the public service, something…
Read MoreLow compliance with FOI, public procurement laws responsible for high corruption in public sector – CSOs
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has said that corruption in the public sector will continue to rise due to a lack of transparency in the public procurement laws and providing the public with little or no information regarding contracts being awarded by elected and appointed officials of governments. The coalition decried that despite…
Read MoreGovernment tasked on implementation of PPA, FOI Acts to fight corruption
The CSOs said corrupt officials would continue to manipulate laws unless the various governments increase the tempo of all enacted laws. A call has gone to governments at all levels to make good use of the Public Procurement Act (PPA), 2007, and the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011, to prevent further, and control the…
Read MoreHackathon Workshop: Stakeholders Urged To Promote Publc Procurement, Open Contracting
State and non-state actors have been admonished to key into the Open Contracting by developing interest in the Public Procurement processes inorder reduce corruption in governance. This was the focal point of the Anti-Corruption Hackathon Workshop organised by Accountability Lab in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP – Nigeria), Open Contracting and the Ekiti Bureau…
Read MoreHow the Government Silenced Accountability in Run up to Election
By Tina S. Mehnpaine with New Narratives Three months after the government raced an act through the Legislature overhauling the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, Liberia’s independent corruption watchdog has almost ceased functioning, all but ending scrutiny of government corruption in the runup to next year’s election. A source inside the Commission, who requested anonymity for fear…
Read MoreEva Sander: Guerrera digital
Eva Sander siempre se distinguió por alzar la voz y no quedarse de brazos cruzados, a raíz de un desastre natural tomó el activismo en serio y encabezó un movimiento en redes. Nacida en Ciudad de México, pero criada en Monterrey y egresada por la UDEM en la carrera de Estudios Internacionales, Eva Sander tiene…
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