Malawi risks losing the United States aid money if it will continue to be homophobic nation following an announcement by the Obama administration that it will consider how countries treat gays, lesbians when making foreign aid decisions. The White House has issued a presidential memorandum announcing the policy. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton followed up […]
Malawians are now living in fear, the United States Ambassador Jeanine Jackson has observed. The envoy speaking in an exclusive interview with private radio, Capital FM on its popular Straight Talk programme hosted by Brian Banda, said she was also “certainly aware that Malawians are struggling.” Afraid Jackson said since she took her tour of […]
Malawians reacted angrily on Capital FM radio Newtalk programme on Monday on possibilities of having President Bingu wa Mutharika being succeeded by his kid brother, Peter, in 2014. The closely-held broadcaster hosted the programme for people to air their views on Peter Mutharika who publicly told a rally in Mzuzu that he is interested to […]
Malawi government has accused UDF campaign director Davis Katsonga for provoking remarks over his article posted on Nyasa Times in which he called President Bingu wa Mutharika a “pussy cat”. In his column titled ‘Quo Vadis Malawi press freedom?’, Katsonga a former minister in Mutharika administration was making his comments which criticised government ‘s treatment […]
I do not write because I enjoy writing; I write because I have to! As a democracy most of us ought to make comments on what we think is right, or indeed, wrong with the direction our beloved country’s democracy is taking and, silence is not an option! And if our fate be determined by […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika ordered authorities not to allow human rights activists to proceed with their six-day ‘Occupy Parliament’ vigil to raise their voices against legislators proposal to have salaries rise from K390 000 (about $2 335) to K1 000 000 ($5 988). The ‘Occupy Parliament’ vigil was scheduled to start on Monday but […]
Malawi’s Roman Catholic Bishops met President Bingu wa Mutharika at New State House in Lilongwe to present a petition and express their worries in person to him over things newly happening in Malawi, Nyasa Times understands This meeting was preceeded by an emergency meeting of the bishops at the Catholic Secretariat in Lilongwe on Thursday. […]
Malawi President Mutharika has rejected a proposal by members ofparliament to raise their salaries from K390 000 (about $2 335) to K1 000 000 ($5 988) a 255 per cent increase, Nyasa Times understands. The parliamentarians, adopting a report from the Public Appointments and Declaration of Assets Committee, which among other targets seeks to improve […]
The recent manoeuvrings for the presidential candidature for the 2014 elections in Malawi by Peter Mutharika and Atupele Muluzi have reminded me of one of my earliest blog posts where I endorsed the then Senator Barack Obamaas my preferred candidate for the US presidency. In that post, I pointed out that: “I am reluctant to […]
A High court in Kenya has issued a warrant to necessitate and effect an arrest on Sudan President Omar Al Bashir, President Bingu wa Mutharika’s ally, wanted for alleged crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court (ICC) should he ever set his foot in the eastern African country again. The court ruling comes after […]
A three-day continental conference that was convened in Johannesburg, South Africa under the theme of ‘”Protecting Democracy: Reclaiming Civil Society Space in Africa” challenged stakeholders across the continent to live to the expectations of the citizens and challenged African leaders to realize sooner rather than later that change is inevitable. The continental forum which was […]
Malawi’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Peter Mutharika, President Bingu wa Mutharika’s brother and heir apparent, has hailed emeritus Bishop Felix Mkhori for his contribution towards the change from one-party dictatorship under Ngwazi Kamuzu Banda to democracy. Peter was speaking in Thyolo on Saturday when he represented President Mutharika at the special celebrations for the cleric who […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika escpaed death when his helicopter had to be diverted on its flight to Thyolo on Saturday because of bad weather. The presidential helicopter was forced to land in Dedza as Mutharika was en route from Lilongwe to Thyolo where he was going to attend the celebrate the golden jubilee of […]
Recently, critics said Malawi is going back to a one and dictatorial state nation. They said so because of how intolerant our leaders are becoming to both their people and outsiders. The strange laws that our parliament made and the president assent to, have attracted much criticism than ever. The injunctions bill, the section 43 […]
As the government continues to be criticized over formulation of draconian laws, including that of section 46 of the penal code that empowers a cabinet minister to ban any publication deemed to be “not in public interest”, former Justice Minister, Henry Duncan Phoya (HDP) said in parliament that the review of unpopular laws rests in […]
Man-about-town Black Moses, who was working with the slain Polytechnic student Robert Chasowa, has condemned President Bingu wa Mutharika for subjecting journalists to a hostile environment that was full of intimidation from ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cohorts during the rally press conference on Monday at Kamuzu International Airport. Mutharika intimidated the press corps accussing […]
Malawian artists led by the vocal musicians have warned of unspecified actions should government proceed with its plans to privatise the Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA) a profit-making entity. Speaking to Nyasa Times in Lilongwe this week, some senior members of the Musicians Association of Malawi (MAM) Central Region Chapter argued that privatising COSOMA is […]
President of the opposition Malawi Democratic Party (MDP) Kamlepo Kalua has called on Malawians to wake up from deep sleep and press for democratic reforms. Kalua speaking on Radio Islam, said the future of dialogue between civil society organisations and Presidential Group on was not healthy after reports indicated that eight issues in the 20-point […]