The African Accent
Transparency International's 2009 Global Barometer surveyed 73,132 people in 69 countries and territories to measure the extent to which they perceive key sectors and institutions to be corrupt.
The most affected countries, i.e. those that had over 50% of respondents reporting to have paid bribes in the last 12 months, were all African - Cameroon, Liberia, Sierra Leon, Uganda.
Of the 8 regions surveyed, the most corrupt by percentage of total respondents, Sub-Saharan Africa was third, with 26%. Middle East & North Africa was highest with 40%, and North America lowest, with 2%. 
The following are institutions voted most corrupt by African countries:
Of all the total services surveyed, the police was most corrupt. You can download the report here .
The article on All Africa goes on to say,"Africans are among the most likely of the world's citizens to be forced to pay bribes - but they are also the most confident that their governments are trying to stop the practice ..."
That seems a little contradictory to me, considering the overwhelming vote of no confidence in civil servants, public officials, and the judiciary by 8 out of 10 African countries included.
Also, I was curious about Senegal's lack of faith in the public officials and the judiciary. I say this because compared to the other African nations, I hardly see anything written about Senegal. Kenya, and Nigeria are always at the forefront. Uganda gets a few mentions occasionally. So does Zambia. Ghana has been featuring steadily, ever since they discovered oil, and also when former President Kofour's retirement package raised eyebrows. Not a peep on Senegal.var addthis_pub="mwistar";
