{"id":114863,"date":"2025-05-10T07:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T07:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/commonwealth-africa-anti-graft-chiefs-pledge-cross-border-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T07:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T07:03:22","slug":"commonwealth-africa-anti-graft-chiefs-pledge-cross-border-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/commonwealth-africa-anti-graft-chiefs-pledge-cross-border-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Africa anti-graft chiefs pledge cross-border cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 19 \u2013 Heads of anti-corruption agencies from Commonwealth countries in Africa have committed to working collaboratively to eliminate jurisdictional and procedural barriers that hinder the fight against cross-border corruption.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The resolution was made during the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference of Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa, held from May 5 to 9 in Cape Town, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint declaration, the anti-graft leaders also pledged to strengthen cooperation in investigating and prosecuting corruption cases that span multiple jurisdictions within the region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/image-4.png\"><\/a>The resolution was made during the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference of Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa, held from May 5 to 9 in Cape Town, South Africa\/EACC<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, they promised to develop strategies for investigators and prosecutors to effectively trace and recover proceeds of corruption, among other measures, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>EACC CEO Abdi Mohamud was among the heads and representatives of anti-corruption agencies from Commonwealth Africa who attended the forum.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks at the conference, Mohamud said the Commission is currently implementing its third Strategic Plan (2023\u20132028), which outlines key interventions aimed at reinforcing the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe emphasized the Commission\u2019s focus on monitoring capital-intensive projects, tackling bribery at service delivery points, and the recovery and forfeiture of unexplained assets,\u201d the EACC noted.<\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth Regional Conference is an annual event designed to enhance inter-agency collaboration, promote knowledge-sharing on anti-corruption strategies, and strengthen partnerships between governments, civil society, and the private sector.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 19 \u2013 Heads of anti-corruption agencies from Commonwealth countries in Africa have committed to working collaboratively to eliminate jurisdictional and procedural barriers that hinder the fight against cross-border corruption. The resolution was made during the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference of Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa, held from May 5 to 9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}