Apr 11 Watch 10:00 How widespread corruption is hurting Kenya By PBS News Hour In Kenya, corruption and bribery are commonplace in law enforcement and the government. Many police officers seem more interested in keeping citizens' cash than keeping the peace, allowing criminals to get off. Meanwhile, the government has "misplaced" $999 million. Special… Continue watching
Jan 26 What’s at stake when corruption looms unchecked By Laura Santhanam More countries worldwide gained ground in their fight against corruption than lost footing last year, but a new index for 2015 says there is still a long way to go. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 7:41 Understanding Nigeria, a country of pain, promise and complexity By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch How a cancer of corruption steals Nigerian oil, weapons and lives By PBS News Hour In Nigeria, where corruption is part of daily life, police officers routinely demand bribes, local government leaders pocket money meant for schools and the former national security advisor is accused of stealing billions from the military. As part of a… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 4:50 Why Guatemalans rose up against government corruption By PBS News Hour On Thursday, Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina was forced to resign. By the afternoon, he was in court, accused of taking part in a multi-million dollar bribery operation, and then he spent the night in jail. Judy Woodruff takes a… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 7:53 In Angola, corruption has deadly consequences for children By PBS News Hour Angola is a country of extreme wealth, thanks to oil and diamonds. Yet, it has the highest child-mortality rate in the world. Rampant corruption accounts for a large part of this contradiction. Nicholas Kristof, an op-ed columnist for The New… Continue watching
Jun 10 5 things you need to know about the $2 billion corruption scandal roiling Brazil By Marina Lopes For years, executives at Brazil’s state-owned oil giant, Petrobras, took $2 billion in bribes as part of a massive scheme that implicated hundreds of middlemen, congressmen and politicians, prosecutors allege. Last week, the company made a rare… Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 4:56 Does the end of Sepp Blatter mean a new start for soccer? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 5:10 Why didn’t Nepal prepare for an inevitable earthquake? By PBS News Hour Why wasn’t Nepal better prepared for an earthquake that everyone expected? Judy Woodruff talks to Jonah Blank of RAND Corporation about the political and economic challenges in Nepal. Continue watching
Apr 02 Sen. Menendez on corruption charges: ‘I’m not going anywhere’ By Eric Tucker, Sean Carlin, Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — A defiant U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez declared that he's "not going anywhere" after being charged with accepting nearly $1 million in gifts and campaign contributions from a longtime friend in exchange for a stream of political favors. Continue reading