Corruption

You have articulated well, and the segments of your work are comprehensive. One of the points you mentioned is the challenges the international community faces in battling corruption, why at the same time, under obligation to restore sanity in post conflicts countries. The five nodes and the methodologies used as a benchmark to fight corruption still have some rough edges, because those at the corridor of power will always create an impediment to frustrate the efforts of the international community in trying to restore law and order during arm conflicts. In time like these, the warlords and their cronies use every opportunity to acquire wealth and power through a crash system mark with corruption from all levels. They would ensure that the resources are exploited, and government coffers depleted prior to any negotiated agreement with the international community in fostering peace.

Let’s closely look at what happened in Liberia during December 24, 1989, with the evasion of NPFL rebels headed by Charles Taylor. The evasion commenced with NPFL, but by 2003, there were seven warrant factions fighting in one country, where the rich got richer and poor became poorer. The international community was very instrumental in fostering peace and ensured that the country returned to status quo with a democratic government in placed, but did it stop corruption? No, corruption was and still on the rise. The international community can do so much and no further. After the peacekeepers shall have left, will corruption stop? Has corruption stop in Liberia since the withdrawal of the peacekeepers? It is the sincerity of the citizens of a country to put an end to corruption, but it is somehow problematic, because if power falls in the hands of those who have remorse of conscience and fear of contradiction, the country is doomed to fail in fighting corruption.