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Joy Online
… The meeting was organised by the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption (AUABC), the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), the Open Society Foundations and Transparency International. …
‘Let’s empower citizens to act with their minds, not their stomachs’ — ZanetorJoy Online
… The event was jointly organised by the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption (AUABC), the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), the Open Society Foundations and Transparency International. …
Opaque political financing driving corruption and state capture in Africa — AUABC Chair Edem SenanuJoy Online
… The organising partners were the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption (AUABC), the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Open Society Foundations and Transparency International. …
Ghana calls for urgent political finance reforms to protect democracy across AfricaJoy Online
… 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 …
Gatekeepers or Enablers of IFFs? The role of the Ghanaian real estate professionalJoy Online
… 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. …
Hungary’s MPs block return of Orbán, limiting rule of PM to eight yearsJoy Online
… The CSOs admitted to the case include the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, Transparency International, IMANI Africa, One Ghana Movement, Africa Centre for Energy Policy, STAR-Ghana Foundation, Odikro and Parliamentary Network Africa, among others. …
Supreme Court set to rule on Noah Adamtey’s challenge to OSP prosecutorial powers on July 29Joy Online
… Citing Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, he noted that Ghana scored 43 out of 100 and was ranked 76th globally. …
Democracy without Dividends? Governance expert warns citizen apathy could endanger Ghana’s democratic futureJoy Online
… While Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index has only marginally improved from 42 in 2024 to 43 (out of 100) in 2025, we are seeing less of the impunity we saw in the past in terms of corruption. …
Don’t make Mahama a lame duck President in NDC succession disputeJoy Online
… Singapore, for example, remains one of the world’s strongest performers on Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, and its Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau says its anti-corruption framework rests on four pillars: laws, adjudication, enforcement and …
Holy books, hollow oaths, and the theft of public trust in GhanaJoy Online
… Ghana’s Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index score has fluctuated between 40 and 45 over the past decade — a performance that reflects genuine accountability efforts but also genuine impunity for significant cases of public resource misuse. …
The Architecture of Impunity: Ghana’s anti-corruption crisis and the Supreme Court’s obligationDr 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
14 July 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
30 June 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
6 June 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
19 May 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
12 May 2026 · Joy Online →
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."
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
6 May 2026 · Daily Guide →