Hiiraan Online
3/28/2024
Today from Hiiraan Online:
Home
Somali Map
Sports
Opinion
RSS
Somali Music
Contact Us
Facebook
Twitter
Google Plus
advertisements
Somalia bottoms out in transparency survey
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
advertisements
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Somalia has bottomed out in an annual ranking of the perceived corruption of nations, joining Afghanistan and North Korea.
Transparency International's annual Corruption Perceptions Index, released Wednesday, shows Somalia ranked at 174 out of the 174 nations surveyed. Botswana was the highest of all African nations, coming in at 30.
The index measures the perception of corruption in the public sector.
Here's how some other African nation ranked in the survey:
--Ghana: 64;
--South Africa: 69;
--Nigeria: 139;
--Cameroon, Central African Republic and Republic of Congo: 144;
--Eritrea and Guinea-Bissau: 150;
--Guinea: 154;
--Angola: 157;
--Congo and Libya: 160;
--Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe: 163;
--Burundi: 165;
--Sudan: 173.
11 Somali troops killed in clash with Al Shabab in Puntland
- HOL
Somalia President Seeks to Boost Ties With Turkey
- Bloomberg
Map of the Day: Investing in Somalia
- UN Dispatch
‘Most Dangerous City in World’ Showing Hopeful Signs
- ABC News
Holy Bandits And The Forever War
- Strategy Page
Somali aid crisis 'critical' but chance for change: UN
- AFP
UN launches $1.3-billion appeal for humanitarian needs in Somalia
- Xinhua
UN holds funding appeal in Mogadishu
- AP
Somali pirates jailed for attack on Italian oil tanker
- Reuters
Emotional family reunion for sailors freed from Somali pirates
- Yonhap
As impunity reigns in Somalia, president takes note
- CPJ
Somali Man Tells How Red Cross Found His Family
- ICRC
Mogadishu residents welcome removal of illegal roadblocks
- Sabahi
Eyewitness to Africa's misery and hope
- Canberra Times
I was homeless and suicidal but Prince's Trust saved my life
- London ES
Home
Email