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GABORONE, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) – Corruption is the most universally known obstacle to Africa's socio-economic development, Botswana's president Mokgweetsi Masisi said Wednesday.
Officially launching the seventh edition of the African Union (AU) High Level Dialogue on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance in Gaborone, capital of Botswana, Masisi said that the government is not going to be able to do so. political instability hampered much needed economic progress on the African continent.
"Corruption is the most universally known obstacle to socio-economic development," Masisi said at the event bringing together under one roof pioneers and pillars of democracy, human rights and governance.
It is common knowledge that most conflicts in Africa remain steeped in competition for resources and access to state power to accumulate personal wealth illegally.
In addition, Masisi said that the lack of respect for the fundamental human rights of their respective citizens by many African governments also continued to sow tension and perpetuate such conflicts.
"The situation is generating corruption and political instability, which hampers much-needed economic progress on the continent," he said at a conference on the theme: Winning the fight against corruption: a sustainable path towards the transformation of Africa.
The 30th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU held in January 2018 in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) declared 2018 the Year of the Fight Against Corruption in Africa.
It remains the biggest threat to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as adopted by United Nations (UN) members in 2015.
Speaking at the same event, Nonofo Molefhi, Minister of Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration of Botswana, said that it was necessary to create more platforms for S & B. Ensure that the message about corruption and its consequences is well understood.
"Africa must speak with one voice in the fight against the scourge of corruption," Molefhi said.
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