CLOONEY DONATES $1M TO COMBAT CORRUPTION IN AFRICA
Famous Hollywood actor, George Clooney has donated the sum of $1million to according to him combat war crimes and corruption in Africa.
The Clooney Foundation for Justice on Wednesday announced the gift to the Sentry, an investigative initiative that Clooney co-founded to uncover the financial networks behind conflicts in Africa. In a statement, Clooney said the group’s focus is “to make sure war crimes don’t pay.”
Clooney’s grant, along with others, including one from actor Don Cheadle, totaled $3.45m for a fundraising campaign.
The Sentry said the money will help fund reports in the coming year on “state looting and illicit financial flows out of the war-torn countries of South Sudan, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and the Central African Republic.”
