A British court sentenced the former governor of a Nigerian oil state to 13 years in prison on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to embezzling 50 million pounds ($79 million) in one of the biggest money-laundering cases seen in Britain.

A British watchdog is worried that money from mines will fund Zanu-PF violence ahead of elections.

A key ally of the African National Congress said Tuesday that the South African ruling party is plagued by perpetual leadership battles funded by dirty money.

South Africa's government has announced it is reopening an inquiry into a 1999 arms deal that has been surrounded with corruption allegations

Head of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has revealed that there was a high rate of illegal transfer of money within and out of Sierra Leone, a development he referred to as unfortunate in the fight against crime and other corruption related offences

The chairperson of Nigeria's anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Farida Waziri, has called for special courts to try corruption cases and urged developed countries to help Africa to recover its looted funds, her office said recently

Mozambicans see Mohamed Bachir Suleman's glitzy shopping mall as a symbol of a modern future for their impoverished country. Suleman throws Christmas parties for the poor and gives liberally to the long-ruling party

Global mafias are using corrupt nations in west Africa to run their syndicates and the area is now a ''hole in the wall'' in the international fight against organised crime, says the former head of Britain's top police unit

Five leading UK banks failed to adequately check funds they accepted from politicians accused of graft, watchdog says

Corruption in the already tainted diamond industry is set to deepen, as known ZANU PF aligned businesses are set to venture into diamond processing