Zambia: Two steps forward, two steps back

Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) received more than 2,000 corruption complaints from the public for 2008, the ACC yearly report states. "The commission investigated a number of cases last year. Arrests were effected and cases brought before the courts of law where sufficient evidence was established," ACC acting director Rosewin Wandi told IPS. "Between 60 and 70 percent of reported complaints were against government officials, while about 20 percent were against officials in the private sector."