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Most Africans say corruption has risen in the past 12 months and most governments are seen as
failing to stop the abuse of power by senior officials engaged in
corrupt activities, according to a new opinion poll by Transparency
International.
In the report
entitled "People and Corruption: Africa Survey 2015, part of the Global
Corruption Barometer", TI partnered Afrobarometer, which spoke to 43 143
respondents across 28 countries in the sub-Saharan Africa between March
2014 and September 2015 to ask them about their experiences and
perceptions on corruption in their countries.
The majority (about 58 percent) of Africans in the surveyed countries say corruption has increased over the past 12 months.
In 18 out of 28 countries surveyed, the majority of people said their governments were not doing enough to fight corruption.
Despite these
disappointing findings, some bright spots across the continent were
observed in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Lesotho and Senegal, Transparency
International said.
For the first time,
people surveyed reported some business executives as highly corrupt.
Business ranked as having the second highest levels of corruption in the
region, just below the police.
