On Tuesday, January 31, 2023, the organization Transparency International published its corruption perception index for 2022.

The Corruption Perception Index is an instrument that allows 180 countries and territories to be ranked on a scale that ranges from zero for high corruption to one hundred for no corruption. This is done according to the degree of perception of corruption in the public sector. In 2022, the picture is not brilliant. Indeed, the global CPI average is stuck for the eleventh year in a row, which is also the case for sub-Saharan Africa.

French-speaking countries such as Burundi, the DRC, or the Central African Republic remained at the bottom of the list. According to conseiller régional Afrique pour Transparency International, Samuel Kaninda, Some people who are accused of acts of corruption are not necessarily brought before the bodies that can judge them. For him, the countries mentioned are countries either in conflict or fragile states where it is observed that corruption gives rise to conflicts that can lead to situations of instability or insecurity, as observed in the Sahel region and also in Central Africa, in the Great Lakes region.