00879nam a22001097a 4500100001900000245007000019260003700089300000900126520053900135650001500674856008000689  aAfrican Union   aAfrican Union Convention  on Preventing  and Combating Corruption  aMozambiquebAfrican Union c2003  a41p.  aThese are the AU resolutions on combating corruption.The convention acknowledged that corruption undermines accountability and transparency in the management of public affairs as well as socio-economic development on the continent; hence the need to address the root causes of corruption on the continent.The convention agreed to formulate and pursue, as a matter of priority, a common penal policy aimed at protecting the society against corruption, including the adoption of appropriate legislative and adequate preventive measures.  aCorruption  uiffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/Convention_on_Combating_Corruptioneng.pdf