You are here: Homepage Tag corruption Articles Black market | Syria Dubious business Prostitution, drugs and illegal money dealing: Syria's black market is flourishing in the wake of Assad's fall. A lack of regulations and clarity is deterring new investment in the formal economy By Ahmed Mohamed 08/24/2025 Survey | Greece Corruption in Greece Even in 2024, most Greeks view corruption to be a major issue for their country. That's no surprise, says journalist Sofia Kleftaki By Sofia Kleftaki 12/09/2024 One of Sudan’s many protests: back in May 2019, thousands of people demonstrated in Khartoum demanding that the country’s military government relinquish control Photo: David Degner/Getty Images Politics | Sudan A state held hostage Politicians, the military, investors: in Sudan, key players are fighting over power and money. On how violence is flaring up again in a state that just won’t settle down By Stella Gaitano 10/25/2023 NoViolet Bulawayo is a writer who has been awarded the Caine Prize for African Writing Portrait: Nye’ Lyn Tho Fiction | Zimbabwe “English is still not a language of intimacy” Author NoViolet Bulawayo writes about Zimbabwe using the rhythms of her mother tongue Ndebele – even though she has long lived in the USA. A conversation about modern African storytelling and living between languages Interview with NoViolet Bulawayo 05/14/2023 A man carries a Nile Perch of 80 kilograms in Kasenyi, Entebbe, Uganda, 2008 Photo: Walter Astrada / AFP / Getty Images Fishing | Uganda Soldiers versus fishermen Corrupt authorities and violence bring the people of Lake Victoria to the brink of ruin By Ronald Musoke 07/01/2022 Heroes “Integrity idol” What happens when the unsung heroes of bureaucracy take centre stage? By Jess Smee 05/02/2018
Black market | Syria Dubious business Prostitution, drugs and illegal money dealing: Syria's black market is flourishing in the wake of Assad's fall. A lack of regulations and clarity is deterring new investment in the formal economy By Ahmed Mohamed 08/24/2025
Survey | Greece Corruption in Greece Even in 2024, most Greeks view corruption to be a major issue for their country. That's no surprise, says journalist Sofia Kleftaki By Sofia Kleftaki 12/09/2024
One of Sudan’s many protests: back in May 2019, thousands of people demonstrated in Khartoum demanding that the country’s military government relinquish control Photo: David Degner/Getty Images Politics | Sudan A state held hostage Politicians, the military, investors: in Sudan, key players are fighting over power and money. On how violence is flaring up again in a state that just won’t settle down By Stella Gaitano 10/25/2023
NoViolet Bulawayo is a writer who has been awarded the Caine Prize for African Writing Portrait: Nye’ Lyn Tho Fiction | Zimbabwe “English is still not a language of intimacy” Author NoViolet Bulawayo writes about Zimbabwe using the rhythms of her mother tongue Ndebele – even though she has long lived in the USA. A conversation about modern African storytelling and living between languages Interview with NoViolet Bulawayo 05/14/2023
A man carries a Nile Perch of 80 kilograms in Kasenyi, Entebbe, Uganda, 2008 Photo: Walter Astrada / AFP / Getty Images Fishing | Uganda Soldiers versus fishermen Corrupt authorities and violence bring the people of Lake Victoria to the brink of ruin By Ronald Musoke 07/01/2022
Heroes “Integrity idol” What happens when the unsung heroes of bureaucracy take centre stage? By Jess Smee 05/02/2018
