The Transparency International, watchdog group, in its latest 2015 ranking of countries that practice corruption, listed four African countries, ranking South Sudan the fifth among the top ten at the highest level.
Somalia is ranked the most corrupt country in the world tied with North Korea and that Sudan is the third most corrupt country, South Sudan number five, Libya stands at nine and Eritrea complete the top ten.
Transparency International leader Huguette Labelle said it is time to stop corruption, adding that legal loopholes and lack of political will facilitate both domestic and cross-border corruption, requiring ‘intensified efforts to combat the impunity of the corrupt’.
The official urges the world to urgently renew effort to crack down on money laundering, clean up political finance, pursue the return of stolen assets and build more transparent public institutions.
This year’s index includes 177 countries and territories and that Liberia performed better this time as it is ranked 83 out of 177 countries used in the survey.