Ntal Alimasi
@alntal.bsky.social
International Development Consultant * Governance & Anti-Corruption Specialist * President Emeritus, National Assoc. of African Catholics in the U.S. (NAACUS)*
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Ntal Alimasi
@alntal.bsky.social
· May 1
"One who stands at the edge of a cliff is wise to define progress as one step backwards."
~Ntal Alimasi
~Ntal Alimasi
#Economist:
America is in a new era, where rules are skirted and corruption is tolerated. It did not start with Donald Trump. But he has upped the tempo and removed constraints that once held others back econ.st/4ikKZWj
America is in a new era, where rules are skirted and corruption is tolerated. It did not start with Donald Trump. But he has upped the tempo and removed constraints that once held others back econ.st/4ikKZWj
Welcome to Anything Goes America
Where the loosening of rules and tolerance of corruption will lead
econ.st
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
#Economist:
America is in a new era, where rules are skirted and corruption is tolerated. It did not start with Donald Trump. But he has upped the tempo and removed constraints that once held others back econ.st/4ikKZWj
America is in a new era, where rules are skirted and corruption is tolerated. It did not start with Donald Trump. But he has upped the tempo and removed constraints that once held others back econ.st/4ikKZWj
#POTUS @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social bids pardon for @benjaminnetanyahu.bsky.social in #corruption case @Isaac_Herzog
youtube.com/watch?v=tJy2...
youtube.com/watch?v=tJy2...
Trump’s Netanyahu pardon bid ‘nonsense,’ says former Israeli justice minister
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
#POTUS @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social bids pardon for @benjaminnetanyahu.bsky.social in #corruption case @Isaac_Herzog
youtube.com/watch?v=tJy2...
youtube.com/watch?v=tJy2...
#Albanie: Ministre IA chargée de la lutte contre la #CORRUPTION
#Albania: #AI-created Minister to fight #CORRUPTION
#Albania: #AI-created Minister to fight #CORRUPTION
September 16, 2025 at 5:57 AM
#Albanie: Ministre IA chargée de la lutte contre la #CORRUPTION
#Albania: #AI-created Minister to fight #CORRUPTION
#Albania: #AI-created Minister to fight #CORRUPTION
Citizens for Ethics #CREW requests records on State Department spending at Trump-owned properties
#FOIA #StateDept
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
#FOIA #StateDept
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
CREW requests records on State Department spending at Trump-owned properties - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW filed FOIA requests for all State Department expenditures at Trump-owned properties since January 2025.
www.citizensforethics.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Citizens for Ethics #CREW requests records on State Department spending at Trump-owned properties
#FOIA #StateDept
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
#FOIA #StateDept
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
"The Trump administration restored a public database that showed how funding is apportioned to federal agencies following a recent order by a federal appeals court."
thehill.com/business/bud...
thehill.com/business/bud...
thehill.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"The Trump administration restored a public database that showed how funding is apportioned to federal agencies following a recent order by a federal appeals court."
thehill.com/business/bud...
thehill.com/business/bud...
"Research has found that young people are often more exposed to corruption than adults."
Corruption can include bribery & favouritism in admissions, collusive cheating in examinations, bid rigging and diversion of school supplies, sexual corruption by teachers.
more.transparency.org/webmail/8533...
Corruption can include bribery & favouritism in admissions, collusive cheating in examinations, bid rigging and diversion of school supplies, sexual corruption by teachers.
more.transparency.org/webmail/8533...
How young people are fighting against corruption around the world
more.transparency.org
August 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Research has found that young people are often more exposed to corruption than adults."
Corruption can include bribery & favouritism in admissions, collusive cheating in examinations, bid rigging and diversion of school supplies, sexual corruption by teachers.
more.transparency.org/webmail/8533...
Corruption can include bribery & favouritism in admissions, collusive cheating in examinations, bid rigging and diversion of school supplies, sexual corruption by teachers.
more.transparency.org/webmail/8533...
The challenge of #corruption:
#FEPA: The Foreign Extortion Prevention Act
www.trust.org/impact-story...
#FEPA: The Foreign Extortion Prevention Act
www.trust.org/impact-story...
Combatting international corruption: The pro bono research behind the landmark Foreign Extortion Prevention Act
The absence of any U.S. law stopping a foreign official from demanding a bribe from an American or American company has been a notorious gap in the U.S.’s efforts to both protect American interests…
www.trust.org
August 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The challenge of #corruption:
#FEPA: The Foreign Extortion Prevention Act
www.trust.org/impact-story...
#FEPA: The Foreign Extortion Prevention Act
www.trust.org/impact-story...
Uniting to push for anti-corruption action across Africa
On Africa Anti-Corruption Day 2025, we called on the #AfricanUnion to ensure that the rights of the most vulnerable and marginalised communities are protected.
www.transparency.org/en/news/unit...
On Africa Anti-Corruption Day 2025, we called on the #AfricanUnion to ensure that the rights of the most vulnerable and marginalised communities are protected.
www.transparency.org/en/news/unit...
Uniting to push for anti-corruption action across Africa - News
Pushing for anti-corruption action across Africa
www.transparency.org
August 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Uniting to push for anti-corruption action across Africa
On Africa Anti-Corruption Day 2025, we called on the #AfricanUnion to ensure that the rights of the most vulnerable and marginalised communities are protected.
www.transparency.org/en/news/unit...
On Africa Anti-Corruption Day 2025, we called on the #AfricanUnion to ensure that the rights of the most vulnerable and marginalised communities are protected.
www.transparency.org/en/news/unit...
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August 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#Senegal
"C'est en procédant à la dissolution du HCCT que nous avons découvert que l'immeuble qu'il occupait avait été acquis par l'État depuis 2014, alors même que ce dernier continuait a payer des loyers pour ce bien qui lui appartenait déjà.
En 2024, [c'est 3 milliards CFA]."
"C'est en procédant à la dissolution du HCCT que nous avons découvert que l'immeuble qu'il occupait avait été acquis par l'État depuis 2014, alors même que ce dernier continuait a payer des loyers pour ce bien qui lui appartenait déjà.
En 2024, [c'est 3 milliards CFA]."
August 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
#Senegal
"C'est en procédant à la dissolution du HCCT que nous avons découvert que l'immeuble qu'il occupait avait été acquis par l'État depuis 2014, alors même que ce dernier continuait a payer des loyers pour ce bien qui lui appartenait déjà.
En 2024, [c'est 3 milliards CFA]."
"C'est en procédant à la dissolution du HCCT que nous avons découvert que l'immeuble qu'il occupait avait été acquis par l'État depuis 2014, alors même que ce dernier continuait a payer des loyers pour ce bien qui lui appartenait déjà.
En 2024, [c'est 3 milliards CFA]."
Zelensky’s #Corruption #Blunder
#Ukrainians hit the streets to protest a new law that grants the president control over investigations.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
#Ukrainians hit the streets to protest a new law that grants the president control over investigations.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
MSN
www.msn.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Zelensky’s #Corruption #Blunder
#Ukrainians hit the streets to protest a new law that grants the president control over investigations.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
#Ukrainians hit the streets to protest a new law that grants the president control over investigations.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
Trump’s term 2 #corruption by the numbers: More golf trips, more foreign visitors and more profits
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
Trump's term 2 corruption by the numbers: More golf trips, more foreign visitors and more profits - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Six months into his second term, Trump's corruption is orders of magnitude greater than the corruption of his first administration.
www.citizensforethics.org
July 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Trump’s term 2 #corruption by the numbers: More golf trips, more foreign visitors and more profits
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
‘We’d Call That #Corruption’: How #Trump Used The Presidency To Expand His Global Empire
www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
How Trump Used The Presidency To Expand His Global Empire
Donald Trump wasn’t making much from foreign deals. Then he regained power—and set aside the pretense that he cared about ethics.
www.forbes.com
July 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
‘We’d Call That #Corruption’: How #Trump Used The Presidency To Expand His Global Empire
www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
July 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
June 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#Corruption Le martyr congolais Floribert Bwana Chui montre comment les jeunes peuvent être un ferment de paix «désarmée et désarmante» et met en lumière la valeur précieuse du témoignage des laïcs. [...] que la paix soit au plus vite instaurée en #RDC et dans toute l'Afrique!
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June 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#Corruption Le martyr congolais Floribert Bwana Chui montre comment les jeunes peuvent être un ferment de paix «désarmée et désarmante» et met en lumière la valeur précieuse du témoignage des laïcs. [...] que la paix soit au plus vite instaurée en #RDC et dans toute l'Afrique!
x.com/Pontifex_fr/...
x.com/Pontifex_fr/...
NBC News analyzed leaked reports, satellite images and interviews to reveal the extent of Rwanda's carefully concealed and high-tech war in the Congo, as the U.S. tries to strike a deal for peace and access to the region's minerals.
www.nbcnews.com/world/africa...
www.nbcnews.com/world/africa...
Hidden invasion: Rwanda's covert war in the Congo
Leaked reports, satellite images and interviews reveal the extent of Rwanda's shadow war in the Congo, as the U.S. tries to strike a deal for peace and access to the region's minerals.
www.nbcnews.com
June 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NBC News analyzed leaked reports, satellite images and interviews to reveal the extent of Rwanda's carefully concealed and high-tech war in the Congo, as the U.S. tries to strike a deal for peace and access to the region's minerals.
www.nbcnews.com/world/africa...
www.nbcnews.com/world/africa...
Reposted by Ntal Alimasi
Deported migrants have been stuck at a military base in Djibouti for over two weeks — and ICE officers are also there, guarding them 24 hours a day. By @ximenabustillo.bsky.social and @likeapple.bsky.social
Deportees are being held in a converted shipping container in Djibouti, ICE says
Deported migrants have been stuck at a military base in Djibouti for over two weeks — and ICE officers are also there, guarding them 24 hours a day.
n.pr
June 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Deported migrants have been stuck at a military base in Djibouti for over two weeks — and ICE officers are also there, guarding them 24 hours a day. By @ximenabustillo.bsky.social and @likeapple.bsky.social
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As Netanyahu faced cross-examination in his corruption trial for the first time this week, most Israelis looked away. His misjudgments and wrongdoings before and during the war mean the criminal charges against him now pale in comparison
Allison Kaplan Sommer
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Allison Kaplan Sommer
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israelis hold Netanyahu guilty of far greater crimes than the charges he faces in court
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www.haaretz.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
As Netanyahu faced cross-examination in his corruption trial for the first time this week, most Israelis looked away. His misjudgments and wrongdoings before and during the war mean the criminal charges against him now pale in comparison
Allison Kaplan Sommer
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Allison Kaplan Sommer
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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🔴 @ec.europa.eu reportedly plans to remove the UAE from the EU’s high-risk list for money laundering. Again.
Their justification? “Some progress” in judicial & law enforcement cooperation.
That’s not nearly enough. ⬇️
Their justification? “Some progress” in judicial & law enforcement cooperation.
That’s not nearly enough. ⬇️
EXCLUSIVE: UAE to be removed from EU money laundering black list - Euractiv
The EU and UAE agreed to open talks on a free trade deal in April.
www.euractiv.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🔴 @ec.europa.eu reportedly plans to remove the UAE from the EU’s high-risk list for money laundering. Again.
Their justification? “Some progress” in judicial & law enforcement cooperation.
That’s not nearly enough. ⬇️
Their justification? “Some progress” in judicial & law enforcement cooperation.
That’s not nearly enough. ⬇️
🇺🇲 #Trump pardons reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of #fraud and #taxevasion convictions
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion convictions
President Donald Trump says he’s planning to pardon TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, famous for “Chrisley Knows Best,” a reality show that followed their tight-knit family and extravagant lifestyle.
apnews.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
🇺🇲 #Trump pardons reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of #fraud and #taxevasion convictions
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
🇨🇩🇷🇼 Human rights organisation #AmnestyInternational has accused the #Rwandan-backed #M23 rebels of killing, torturing and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in two cities in the east of the Democratic Republic of #Congo
#Goma #Bukavu #warcrimes
www.euronews.com/2025/05/27/m...
#Goma #Bukavu #warcrimes
www.euronews.com/2025/05/27/m...
M23 rebels accused of 'possible war crimes' in eastern DR Congo
The NGO made the claims against the Rwandan-backed group in a new report published on Tuesday.
www.euronews.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
🇨🇩🇷🇼 Human rights organisation #AmnestyInternational has accused the #Rwandan-backed #M23 rebels of killing, torturing and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in two cities in the east of the Democratic Republic of #Congo
#Goma #Bukavu #warcrimes
www.euronews.com/2025/05/27/m...
#Goma #Bukavu #warcrimes
www.euronews.com/2025/05/27/m...