Daily Corruption News: 15 April 2013

Today's top story

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone graft charges imperil care and aid
The New York Times

The health statistics in this battered land, still scarred from a decade of civil war, are so alarming that for a decade, donors have opened their wallets to help improve some of the world’s worst rates of maternal and infant mortality.

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Global: Eyeing Africa's rise, law firms tap fear of graft
Agence France-Presse

Australia: Evidence to NSW corruption inquiry was improvised, witness admits
Australian Associated Press

Colombia: En Colombia preocupa más la corrupción que el conflicto armado (Colombians more worried by corruption than armed conflict)
El Colombiano

Egypt: Egypt’s Mubarak remains locked up on corruption charges despite court order to release him
Associated Press

France: Le patrimoine de tous les ministres rendu public (All ministers’ assets made public)
Le Monde

Zambia: Zambia's Banda rearrested for corruption
Agence France-Presse

Blogs and opinion

Global: Myanmar cleans house – China’s worst nightmare?
Financial Times

India: Why startup CorruptTour should come to India
FirstPost

News from Transparency International

On the blog; Land grab victims speak out
Web feature: France: Scandal spurs action