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Journalists participate in fellowship on reporting on illicit financial flows in Africa

By Nawal Mohammed Ten journalists have completed the first part of an intensive fellowship on reporting illicit financial flows that  conducted by the African Centre for Media Excellence. The fellowship is an activity of the Wealth of Nations programme that is implemented in Uganda by Thomson Reuters Foundation and ACME.  The programme aims to form […]

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Reporting on illicit finance in Africa

Deadline for applications: 9th October 2017 We are looking for journalists based anywhere in Africa who are motivated to understand how their country could be losing money via illicit means. Wealth of Nations is a long-term engagement, and journalists who take part must commit to all elements of the scheme, signing an agreement to this effect. […]

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Equipping journalists for the fight against illicit finance in Africa

Three years ago, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa established a High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows to gain a concrete understanding of the nature of the problem and to recommend actions taken to effectively confront this global challenge. It established that over the last 50 years, “Africa is estimated to have lost […]

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