Short, medium and long-term corruption trends in the North African region are presented in this video using scores published by Transparency International in their Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 (CPI2025) report. The analysis demonstrates the performance of ten Southern African countries in the periods 2012-2025, 2020-2025 and 2024-2025.

Introduction The United States State Department’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (“country reports”) strive to provide a factual and objective record on the status of human rights worldwide. The 2021 country reports were published on 12 April 2022. Section 4 of the country reports provides an assessment of Corruption and Lack of Transparency in…