Afrobarometer: Africans Don't Trust MPs And CouncillorsMembers of Parliament and local government councillors across Africa have earned little trust and largely negative performance ratings from their constituents, a new report from Afrobarometer shows. “Complaining of increasing official corruption and impunity, most Africans say their political leaders are not interested in listening to their constituents’ views and are more concerned with advancing their own ambitions than with serving the people,” according to the report. The findings released are part of a new report titled ‘Job performance of MPs, local councillors: Are representatives serving voters or themselves?’ by Afrobarometer, one of the world’s premier source of reliable data on public perceptions and attitudes across Africa. KEY FINDINGS This is the 13th of Afrobarometer’s global releases of new findings from its Round six surveys (2014/2015) of almost 54,000 citizens in 36 African countries. The first 12 focused on citizens’ top policy and investment priorities, infrastructure development, lived poverty, tolerance, electricity, water/sanitation, health, the news media, regional integration, political and civic engagement of African youth, trustworthy institutions, and election management.