Unless Malawi’s government does something to find solutions to its economic and governance problems, the country will see more nationwide protests like the ones last week where 18 people were killed and 275 arrested, analysts say. The Jul. 20-21 protests were the first of their kind since the country attained democracy in 1994. Amid condemnation […]
Malawi, once considered a southern African success story, risks going down the same road as regional basket case Zimbabwe, said the leader of recent anti-government protests that left 19 dead. Undule Mwakasungula had been in hiding since security forces launched a violent crackdown to quell two days of demonstrations that erupted July 20. Re-emerging in […]
The United Nations human rights office has called on authorities in Malawi to investigate allegations of human rights violations by security forces during a crackdown on anti-government demonstrators last week. A spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Friday that the office has been following “with great concern” the reports of human […]
Police officers who carried out massacre of innocent civilians who were protesting against deteriorating political, social and economic situation in Malawi on July 20 and 21 have been rewarded with two nights’ duty allowance with orders from President Bingu wa Mutharika. Duty allowance outside normal and official duty was recently raised from K2, 000 per […]
A petition has been put online , ipetitions.com,soliciting signatures to stop the Hunger Project from presenting 2011 coveted Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger to Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika. Malawi President and Liberia’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Florence Chenowethwere were named the joint winners of this year’s prize. The two […]
The Africa Heritage Society (AHS) presented Malawi’s former President Dr. Bakili Muluzi with a “Champion of Freedom” award at a gala dinner held at Emperor’s Palace in Johannesburg, South Africa on 17th July, 2011. The Chairman of the Pan-African organisation, Phineas Tichana praised Muluzi for championing the cause of a change that he wanted to […]
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday paid a day-long visit to Malawi where he briefed President Bingu waMutharika on the shaky coalition government. “I’m engaging all SADC (Southern African Development Community) leaders because I’m concerned with the discord in our shared government,” Tsvangirai told journalists after the closed-door meeting at Mutharika’s New State House. […]
A New Year same problems, as Malawians continue reeling from the economic malaise, Information Minister Patricia Kaliati is battling to keep her share of a bribe that has characterised the purchase of the “spy machine” which is said to have cost tax payers close to K1 billion. The Minister who returned to Cabinet on 6th […]
By Nyasa Times Reporter Again history seems to be repeating itself where tribe has reigned supreme in the appointment of persons in key government positions in Malawi. During dictator Ngwazi Kamuzu Banda’s 31 year regime, the Chewa’s enjoyed a bigger and better share of appointments in top government positions. This had the unfortunate consequence of […]
Channel Africa correspondent in Malawi, Pamela Mlogeni was last month brutally assaulted and left for dead by unknown assailants who broke into her Ndirande New Lines home in Blantyre. Mlogeni, who sustained several deep cuts on her head and face said in an interview on Wednesday she neither recalled the number of her attackers nor […]
Standard Bank Malawi Chief Executive Officer , Charles Mudiwa , is said to have been running the commercial bank as a personal estate, instilling fear in executive management who cannot stand up to him, Nyasa Times has learnt. Insiders said Mudiwa, a Zimbabwean, has been reversing some decisions which were collectively made by the bank’s […]
The remains of a Mangochi man who was attacked and killed by a prowling crocodile has been found after a 24-hour search. The deceased was caught on Friday evening along Lake Malawi and efforts by the community to search for the body immediately after the crocodile attacked and dragged him into the water incident proved […]