Transparency International has released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2017. (Click on link) The map reveals
that Sub-Saharan Africa encompasses the most corrupt countries of any region or
continent in the world.
Scroll down to the last country on the list, which is perceived
as the most corrupt country in the world.
Twenty of the 37 most corrupt countries are located in Sub-Saharan
Africa. These are the same countries
that are the poorest in the world.
Decades of post-independence financial aid, foreign experts,
celebrity visits, and scores of university centers on African studies in North
America and Western Europe have made little headway in reducing corruption.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is scheduled to travel to
Africa in March 2018. It will be
interesting to observe his comments and press conferences with heads of states
of those countries he visits. And, what
policy changes, if any, he recommends to President Trump.
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