Transparency International — organization monitoring corruption perceptions and defence sector integrity in Ghana and Africa, warning of stagnation in anti-corruption efforts.
… The government has for years pointed to its lack of corruption – Singapore consistently ranks near the top of Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index – as proof that the ministerial pay system works, arguing that it reduces the temptation for ministers to …
The fight against corruption in Ghana has stagnated, with no evidence of change, the Executive Director of Transparency International (TI-Ghana), Mary Addah, has stated. …
Head of Research at Transparency International Defence and Security, Dr Ofori Mensah, has said that Ghana has established important systems to promote accountability in the defence sector, but significant gaps remain between existing laws and their actual implementation. …
… The African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption (AUABC), the Community of Practice on Political Finance in Africa, CDD-Ghana, Open Society Foundations, and Transparency International jointly organised the programme. …
… The three-day conference was organised by the Community of Practice on Money in Politics in Africa, in collaboration with the Open Society Foundations, the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Transparency International and the African Union Advisory Board Against …
… Meanwhile, Transparency International’s landmark 2025 Opacity in Real Estate Ownership (OREO) Index, the first global assessment of its kind, concluded that in most of the world’s leading economies, criminals and their enablers can exploit loopholes to stash dirty money in real e …
… For four years running, the organisation Transparency International has labelled Hungary the most corrupt country in the European Union, and the EU withheld billions of euros in funds because of concerns over the rule of law, corruption and democratic backsliding. …
Singapore's government says it will raise annual salaries for ministers and office holders, with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong receiving an increase of 1.4 million Singapore dollars ($1.1m). Wong, the highest paid political leader in the world, has said he will donate the pay increase to charity over the next five years; the government argues the raises are necessary to attract talent and deter corruption, but the move has attracted criticism in Singapore amid concerns about job security and cost of living.
Singapore's government says it will raise annual salaries for ministers and office holders, with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong receiving an increase of 1.4 million Singapore dollars ($1.1m). Wong, the highest paid political leader in the world, has said he will donate the pay increase to charity over the next five years; the government argues the raises are necessary to attract talent and deter corruption, but the move has attracted criticism in Singapore amid concerns about job security and cost of living.
Transparency International's Executive Director Mary Addah states that Ghana's fight against corruption has stagnated with no evidence of change, with the country's Corruption Perceptions Index score plateauing at around 40–43 points since 2017. She warned that administrative corruption is becoming normalised across sectors, posing a danger to sustainable national development.
Transparency International's Government Defence Integrity Index rates Ghana's defence sector at high corruption risk, citing implementation gaps between existing laws and practice. While Ghana has stronger political governance and oversight than regional peers, significant risks remain in financial transparency, procurement, and military operations.
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, former UN Office for West Africa Head, has urged African leaders to enact strong political finance rules to ensure transparency in campaign funding. He was speaking at a High-Level Convening in Ghana where the Accra Declaration on Regulating Financing of Politics in Africa was adopted to advance democratic integrity on the continent.
African policymakers, anti-corruption agencies, and civil society organisations have adopted the Accra Declaration on Regulating Financing of Politics to Advance Democratic Integrity in Africa, calling for coordinated continental action to strengthen transparency, accountability and integrity in political financing. The declaration, adopted at a three-day conference in Accra held from July 14 to 16, warns that growing influence of money in politics is threatening democratic governance and eroding public confidence in institutions.
Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, Second Vice-President of the Pan-African Parliament, has urged African governments to invest in economic empowerment of citizens alongside political financing reforms, arguing that poverty drives money politics and that legal frameworks alone cannot safeguard democratic governance.
The Chairperson of the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption has identified opaque political party financing as a major enabler of corruption, illicit financial flows, and state capture in Africa, urging governments to enact and enforce laws regulating political funding to ensure elections reflect the will of citizens rather than hidden financiers' interests.
Ghana has called for urgent reforms to political financing across Africa, warning that growing money influence is undermining democratic integrity, excluding capable leaders, and weakening public trust in institutions. Deputy Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem told attendees at a regional convening in Accra that rising campaign costs are preventing competent citizens, women, and young people from participating in politics.
An analysis examines how Ghanaian real estate professionals may facilitate or prevent illicit financial flows through property transactions, noting that real estate is estimated to absorb USD 1.6 trillion in laundered money annually worldwide and is implicated in 74% of major money laundering schemes globally.
Hungary's parliament passed a constitutional amendment limiting a prime minister to two terms in office since 1990, preventing Viktor Orbán from returning to power after his 16-year tenure ended in April. The Tisza party, which won a two-thirds majority in the election, passed the measure 135-50, with Orbán's Fidesz party opposing it.
The Supreme Court will deliver a judgment on July 29, 2026, in a constitutional case brought by lawyer Noah Ephraem Tetteh Adamtey, challenging whether Parliament lawfully granted the Office of the Special Prosecutor independent investigative and prosecutorial powers, arguing the 1992 Constitution vests prosecutorial authority exclusively in the Attorney-General.
Kwaku Antwi-Boasiako argued that Ghana's democracy faces threat from increasing citizen apathy fuelled by economic hardship, unemployment, and unmet expectations, rather than coups. He contended that democracy decays when citizens no longer believe it improves their lives and should be measured by tangible outcomes like jobs and healthcare, not just elections and institutions.
An opinion piece warns that the NDC risks eroding President Mahama's economic gains and policy achievements if the party does not manage the transition to a new 2028 presidential candidate thoughtfully, with multiple potential aspirants from different generations of party leadership already being considered.
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's oath-taking ceremonies for public officials have lost meaning given decades of corruption, mismanagement, and theft of public funds, citing unrecovered judgment debts and scandals like GYEEDA and SADA.
Ghana's anti-corruption architecture—built over three decades through the Office of the Special Prosecutor (created 2017), the Economic and Organised Crime Office, and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice—has come under simultaneous High Court and constitutional pressure. In April and May 2026, rulings declared the OSP's independent prosecutorial mandate void and expunged an EOCO lawyer from a high-profile case, threatening to reduce the system from functioning accountability to a "formally impressive but practically defanged structure."
CDD-Ghana and the Office of the Special Prosecutor held a regional dialogue in Kumasi where stakeholders called for strengthening the OSP to fight corruption more effectively. Participants, including civil society organisations and policymakers, reviewed an eight-year assessment report and identified concerns including the OSP's lack of constitutional entrenchment, funding constraints, and capacity gaps.