Corruption Perceptions Index 2020 - Executive Summary

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Jrad, The Fight Against Covid-19 in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia: Courses of Action, Paths for Reflection (Berlin: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2020), www. kas.de/documents/282499/282548/ Covid19+Response+in+the+Maghreb+- +Eya+Jrad.pdf/122aaa7e-0608- ad15-abc7-4f09cfff689e?version=1.0 &t=1600704327172 81 ”Journalist Omar Radi arrested, charged in Morocco”, Committee to Protect Journalists , 29 July 2020, https:// cpj.org/2020/07/journalist-omar-radi- arrested-charged-in-morocco/ 82 “African nations ‘far from ready’ for COVID-19 vaccination drive, says UN health agency”, UN News , 27 November 2020, https://news.un.org/ en/story/2020/11/1078642 83 “Corruption risks in Southern Africa’s response to the coronavirus”, Transparency International , 13 May 2020, www.transparency.org/en/news/ corruption-risks-in-africas-response-to- the-coronavirus 84 Transparency International, COVID-19: Documented Corruption and Malfeasance Cases (Berlin: Transparency International, 2020), images.transparencycdn.org/images/ COVID-19-Documented-corruption-and- malfeasance-cases.pdf 85 “South African Unions Strike to Protest Graft, Job Losses“, Bloomberg , 7 October 2020, www.bloomberg.com/ news/articles/2020-10-07/south-african- unions-down-tools-in-protest-at-graft- job-losses 86 “Angola: Protest in Luanda against corruption”, Africa News , 26 October 2020, www.africanews.com/2020/10/26/ angola-protest-in-luanda-against- corruption/ 87 “Zimbabwean government lashes out at anti-corruption protesters with an iron fist“, Daily Maverick , 2 August 2020, www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020- 08-02-zimbabwean-government-lashes- out-at-anti-corruption-protesters-with- an-an-iron-fist/ 88 ”In South Africa, COVID-19 has exposed greed and spurred long-needed action against corruption”, Transparency TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL 28