AFRIQUE EN LIGNE
Most African nations are corrupt, scoring less than 3.0 out of a possible mark of 10 in the 2009 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of the Berlin-based anti-corruption organ isation Transparency International (TI), released Tuesday in Berlin, Germany.
Only three of the 52 African countries ranked - Botswana, rated the top country in Africa, Mauritius and Cape Verde - got higher than 5.0 in the CPI, repeating their performance in the 2008 CPI.
Four others - Seychelles, South Africa, Namibia and Tunisia - stayed within the 4.0 score range, 11 got 3.0 and above while the majority (34) fell below 2.0.
The 10 least corrupt countries in Africa are Botswana (rated 37 out of 180 count ries overall), Mauritius (42), Cape Verde (46), Seychelles (54), South Africa (55), Namibia (56), Tunisia (65), Ghana (69), Burkina Faso (79) and Lesotho (89).
On the other hand, the 10 most corrupt nations in Africa were listed as Somalia (at 180 overall the most corrupt nation on earth), Sudan (176), Chad (175), Guinea (168), Equatorial Guinea (168), Burundi (168), Guinea Bissau (162), DR Congo (162), Congo Brazzaville (162) and Angola (162) Burundi, Congo Brazzaville and Angola are the newcomers to the list of the top 10 corrupt nations in Africa.
Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria, is also becoming more corrupt, falling from 121 (with a score of 2.7) in 2008 to 130 (score of 2.5) in the latest rankings.
Kenya and Zimbabwe improved in their corruption ratings, with Kenya moving one step up - from 147 to 146 - and Zimbabwe recording a big leap, from 166 to 146.
Overall, according to TI, no region of the world is immune to the perils of corruption.
The vast majority of the 180 countries included in the 2009 index score below five on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 10 (perceived to have low levels of corruption).
The CPI measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption in a given country and is a composite index, drawing on 13 different expert and business surveys. The 2009 edition scores 180 countries, the same number as the 2008 CPI.
Highest scorers in the 2009 CPI are New Zealand at 9.4, Denmark at 9.3, Singapore and Sweden tied at 9.2 and Switzerland at 9.0. These scores reflect political stability, long-established conflict of interest regulations and solid, functioning public institutions.
Overall results in the 2009 index are of great concern because corruption continues to lurk where opacity rules, where institutions still need strengthening and where governments have not implemented anti-corruption legal frameworks.
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