Category - fraud

By-election fraud allegations lead to calls for voting system change

staff writers — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:23 +0000

After reports that police are investigating alleged voting fraud in the Glasgow North East by-election, a leading democracy group has called for reform of the system.

Arms giant BAE lobbied Fraud Office to stop investigation

agency reporter — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:30:41 +0000

Britain’s biggest arms company wrote to the Attorney General on a "strictly private and confidential" basis urging him to halt the Serious Fraud Office investigation into allegations that it had bribed Saudi officials to secure an arms deal.

Mennonites assist relief efforts in conflict-riven Kenya

agency reporter — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:18:08 +0000

Two weeks after the country's disputed election and the violence that has followed in its wake, Mennonite relief work is continuing and the peace church reports that Kenyan Mennonite Church members are safe despite the troubles.

Christian Aid urges restraint over Kenya's political crisis

staff writers — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:41:44 +0000

The UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has voiced disappointment in the conduct of Kenya’s electoral commission following President Mwai Kibaki's disputed election victory - and has called for restraint.