Africa: Commitment to anti-corruption conventions still weak

Nine African countries have yet to fully implement international anti-corruption conventions, according to detailed country studies issued by Transparency International (TI). Algeria, Burundi, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, and Uganda have legal gaps with regards to the provisions of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and the African Union (AU) Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption and Related Offences.