countries perceived to be most corrupt by their citizens that's mainly parts of africa such as sudan south sudan and somalia as well as yemen and syria. let's discuss this with a regional advisor for southern africa transparency international which compiled this report thank you very much for joining us mr hooper are corrupt officials in africa taking advantage of the pandemic. well i mean that's that's really a really difficult question time so when i can say is that unfortunately there are thoughts of the prejudice perception and they came to a very bleak picture of an action against corruption in every africa sub-saharan africa plan for itself unfortunately yet again at the bottom of the index now what this means is that governments need to take very decisive action as soon as now to ensure that they can in his which happened ravished by the qubit 19 pandemic and ravaged by huge incidences of corruption continually in relation to medical equipment and medical supplies which are supposed to be going towards saving lives this binge make sure that they take action against that if they don't want

countries perceived to be most corrupt by their citizens that's mainly parts of africa such as sudan south sudan and somalia as well as yemen and syria. let's discuss this with a regional advisor for southern africa at transparency international which compiled this report thank you very much for joining us mr are corrupt officials in africa taking advantage of the pandemic. well i mean that's that's really a really difficult question time whether i can say is that unfortunately there are thoughts of the correction especially and that change a very bleak picture of an action against corruption and africa sub-saharan africa where the unfortunate yet again at the bottom of it and takes now what this means is that governments need to take very defensive action as soon as now to ensure that they can in means which have been ravished by the hope at 19 pandemic and ravaged by huge incidences of corruption continually in relation to medical equipment and medical supplies which are supposed to be going towards saving lives this being to make sure that they take action against that if they don't want to i

perceived to be the most corrupt by the people who live there as many parts of africa such as sudan south sudan and somalia as well as the likes of yemen and syria so let's discuss this with daniel erickson who is managing director of transparency international which compiled this report thanks very much for joining us on detail we business let's talk about the coronavirus pandemic another big characteristic of the last year how is that changed people's perceptions of how corrupt their governments are. well thanks for having me i think it's clear that in countries that were corrupt to begin with and had lesser ability to respond to the pandemic due to. lower levels of investment in growth in health care also note is that corruption now kills it is not only something that is uncomfortable it results in human casualties so people are feeling that it's a bigger issue for them than they might have thought it was before the people might have been thinking beforehand well actually ok it's a big corrupt but we can cope with it yeah that you're seeing clearly is the correlation between an open and tran

countries perceived to be the most corrupt by the citizens that's mainly parts of africa such as sudan south sudan and somalia as well as yemen and syria well let's hear from daniel erickson he's managing director at transparency international which compiled this report i asked him if the coronavirus pandemic had changed people's perceptions of how corrupt that countries are it's clear that in countries that were corrupt to begin with and had lesser ability to respond to their conduct due to. lower levels of investment in growth in health care also know it is corruption knowledge skills it is not only something that is uncomfortable it results in human casualties so people are feeling that it's a bigger issue for them than they might have thought it was before the people might have been thinking beforehand well actually ok it's a bit corrupt but we can cope with it yeah that you are seeing clearly is the correlation between an open and transparent system for instance procurement countries that are open and how their work you are and how they prioritize the public spending there the public also hav

south sudan. we have rebel factions also playing games. so basically cameron, drc, south sudanfew countries around the central african republic, have rebel groups all stationed in the central african republic. at least 70% of the country is not under government control, but then not all the rebel factions are operating against the central african republic. a kind of a safe haven. not just for central african republic, but for the sake of all the other countries around. something really needs to be done about the unregulated forest regions in central african republic. host: the constitutional court rejected former president's presidential candidacy. they said that he did not satisfy the good morality requirement because of an arrest warrant and u.n. sanctions against him for allegedly ordering assassinations, torture, and other crimes when he was president. what is going to happen with these investigations against the former president? are prosecutions going to be carried out? >> that is the idea, yes. will they be able to do it? it's difficult to say. but the idea is to bring h

factions in the save terri treat also typed in south sudan we have rebel factions also playing games with your our csa basically come to rely on d r c south sudan the key countries around since a lot of confidence may have rebel groups that are all stationed the center left under army so i mean it's come back to question at least some percent of the country it's not government control but then not on the rebel factions out pretty now gates said left they've become economists a pavement and i actually notice $0.04 left for the sake of all the other countries around the world live for the a yearly something really nice to be down about to being on regulate that forests regions in central $100.00 probably peter the constitutional court rejected former president bush is as presidential candidacy they said that he did not satisfy the good morality requirement because of an arrest warrant and un sanctions against him for allegedly ordering assassinations torture and or other crimes when he was president what is going to happen with these investigations against the former president i mean are prosecutions going to be carried out. well 'd that's the id