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No joke: Occupy Wall Street activists protest against capitalist corruption. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

Transparency International: Systemic Corruption, Social Inequality Reinforce Each Other

by Abdullah Mustafa | Jan 26, 2017 | Business

Brussels – Transparency International issued its 2016 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report on Wednesday – the outcome raised concerns on how massive and pervasive corruption is in the public sector. “The world systemic corruption and social inequality...

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Demonstrators show the Oromo protest gesture sign during Irreecha, the thanks giving festival of the Oromo people in Bishoftu town of Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Ethiopian FM: Opposing Groups are Working in Egypt, Authorities yet to Comment

by Ahmed Younis | Dec 26, 2016 | Interviews

Al-Khartoum – Ethiopian government announced that it is cooperating with the Egyptian government, yet still awaits a response to the official request calling it to stop the work of certain opposing groups. Foreign Affairs Minister Workneh Gebeyehu said that there are...

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South Sudan FM Deng Alor Kuol, Asharq Al-Awsat

South Sudan FM: President Kiir to Visit Gulf Countries, Relations with Riyadh Are Strong

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Nov 25, 2016 | Interviews

Malabo- The Republic of South Sudan Foreign Minister Deng Alor Kuol revealed challenges facing the implementation of peace in South Sudan and the latest developments on the insurgency being led by the former vice president, Riek Machar. South Sudan is a landlocked...

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A worker from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) prepares to move bags containing bodies of unidentified people killed in the recent fighting in checkpoint area of Juba, South Sudan, July 16, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Cholera Cases in South Sudan Increase Unprecedentedly

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 8, 2016 | World

Over 3,000 people in Sudan have been exposed to cholera since July, the World Health Organization reported on Tuesday, warning that the outbreak had now spread to a region where conflict is hampering efforts to tackle the deadly disease. “Unity State is where...

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Riek Machar. Edward Echwalu/Reuters

Riek Machar: Salva Kiir is Leading Ethnic Cleansing Operations, I’m not Preparing for New War

by Mustafa Sirri | Nov 2, 2016 | Interviews

London–South Sudan’s former first vice president and prominent opposition leader Riek Machar is frank about his aspirations to rule the country despite it being difficult due to the country’s demography. Machar who belongs to the ethnic Nuer group -the second...