Somalia ranked most corrupt country 10 years running

Hiiraan Online
January 25, 2017

Mogadishuu (HOL) - Somalia has retained the dubious honour of being the world’s most corrupt country for the tenth consecutive year ranking, even pariah state North Korea fared better, albeit slightly according to a report released by Transparency International

The annual report entitled Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index ranks 176 countries on a level of 0 (most corrupt) and 100 (least corrupt) on their corruption level in the public sector. Somalia scored 10 points, the lowest of all soveirgn nations.

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Africa has been recognized as being the world’s most corrupt continent with the vast majority of countries scoring below 50. 13 of the lowest 20 nations hail from Sub-Saharan Africa.

The West African Island nation of Cape Verde was the contents biggest improvers which scored 59 of a possible 100.

Analysts attribute the abysmal corruption rating on a lack of accountability as well as a the absence of anti-corruption measures.

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