The African Center for Governance, Asset Recovery, and Sustainable Development facilitated three (3) sessions at the recently concluded National Training on Countering the Financing of Terrorism organized by the International Institute for Justice and Rule of Law (IIJ) in Abuja, Nigeria on 21-23 Nov 2023. The IIJ’s work on CFT has been implemented on a …

THE AFRICAN CENTER FOR GOVERNANCE, ASSET RECOVERY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FACILITATES THREE (3)  SESSIONS AT THE NATIONAL TRAINING ON COUNTERING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM ORGANIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE for JUSTICE and RULE of LAW (IIJ) IN ABUJA Read More »

On the 15th-17th of November 2023, the African Center for Governance, Assets Recovery, and Sustainable Development participated in the webinar organized by the South Africa’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) Legal Indaba with the theme: Accelerating Domestic, Cross Border & International Asset Recoveries organized by the Asset FFU held at Pretoria, South Africa. This program was organized as a follow …

South Africa Asset Forfeiture (AFU) Organizes a Webinar on International Asset Recovery, 15th-17th November 2023. Read More »

We, members of the UNCAC Coalition working groups, as a network of more than 300 civil society organizations, academics and experts from all over the world, are deeply concerned about the impunity of the perpetrators of corruption towards those harmed by their crimes, including in cross-border cases involving high-level officials, multinational companies, major financial institutions …

Open Letter to UNCAC States Parties: A Call for Action at the 10th UNCAC Conference of States Parties in Atlanta in December 2023 to Ensure Effective Reparation to Victims of the Harm Caused by Corruption Read More »

JOIN US AT THE UN CoSP 10. The African Center will be participating in the 10th session of the United Nations Corruption Against Corruption (UNCAC) Conference of State Parties scheduled to be held December 11–15, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) is the principal decision-making body of the UN …

ROAD TO THE TENTH SESSION OF THE UNCAC CONFERENCE OF STATE PARTIES (CoSP 10). Read More »

Abuja, Nigeria. 5 November, 2023. The African Center for Governance, Asset Recovery and Sustainable Development welcomes the recent announcement by President Tinubu informing Nigerians that France has returned or has agreed to return $150 million to Nigeria. It may be recalled that the process for the return of the stolen assets traced to late General …

France Returns $150 Million of Stolen Assets Linked to the Abacha Family. Read More »

The African Center for Governance, Asset Recovery and Sustainable Development (African Center) held a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with the topic “Lessons Learnt and Best Practices from Nigeria Anti-Corruption Efforts: 2015 to 2023” today, Friday, 3rd November 2023 by 9:00 am. This meeting is part of a data-gathering process for the research to develop a …

FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION ON THE “LESSONS LEARNT AND BEST PRACTICES FROM NIGERIA ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS: 2015 TO 2023” Read More »