Heads of State and Government from Southern and Eastern African are gathered in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe for their 15th Summit of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) which starts on Friday, October 14 but out of 18 COMESA member states, only five leaders are joining President Bingu wa Mutharika at the summit. Four […]
Zambia’s vice president Guy Scott has warned of increasing strained diplomatic relations with Malawi, if the Bingu wa Mutharika administration will not apologise to Zambia Presisent Micheal Sata for declaring him prohibited immigrant four years ago. Scott told reporters in Lilongwe that he has come to represent Zambia during the Comesa summit as Malawi has […]
Malawi government says it will not arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on an international war crimes warrant as demanded by Human Rights Watch, saying it will allow the Bashir to attend the regional trade summit in Lilongwe. The New York-based group’s senior counsel on international justice, Elise Keppler, urged Malawi not to host Bashir and […]
Malawi government has been asked to accept wrong-doing in the manner in which it expelled Britain High Commissioner in April before Lilongwe and London can resume normal diplomatic relations. This is the position of Britain government relayed to Malawi after crucial talks between Malawian Foreign Minister Peter Mutharika and his British counterpart William Hague in […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika was heckled and jeered by crowds as he delivered his speech at the graduation of students of the University of Malawi at College of Medicine in Blantyre on Wednesday. Graduates booed Mutharika when he accused four lecturers at Chancellor College ,who have been campaigning for academic freedom, claiming they were […]
State witness in the former vice president Cassim Chilumpha’s treason and conspiracy to murder case pocketed K60 million from government to testify. Thomas Elias Ndlovu, a Malawian living in South Africa, and Graham Minnaar, a former South African intelligence operative — are witnesses for the prosecution. Ndhlovu collected the money but said it was not […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has dragged Vice President Joyce Banda to court asking for the judges to interpret that she has resigned as VP. The VP was expelled from the ruling DPP last December and formed her own Peoples Party (PP) early this year. Private practice lawyer Wapona Kita confirmed to Nyasa Times that […]
A new World Bank report on higher education has warned low- and middle-income countries to resist the temptation to establish world-class universities … before educating their own citizens to high tertiary standards. The report titled: “The Road to Academic Excellence: The Making of World-Class Research Universities” charts the experiences of 11 leading public and private […]
A UN special envoy from the Office of Secretary General, Under Secretary General Sahle-Work Zewde, has for over 10 days been waiting to meet Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika to discuss the on-going impasse between government and the civil society. Ms Zewde was sent into the country by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to […]
A leading human rights activist in Malawi, Reverend MacDonald Sembereka, has expressed doubt over the level of independence of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the death of 19 people killed in cold blood during the July 20 nationwide demonstrations. “This is long overdue. It is a welcome development if it is not going to […]
British government on Monday reacted to Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika remarks that he did not expel Britain High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyet. Mutharika on BBC Have Your Say programme aired last Thursday claimed Her Majesty’s envoy “was never declared persona non grata” despite giving him removal orders from the country. British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said […]
“Epiphania Bonjesi – shot by Police – you will be avenged yet, The July 20 martyrs – shot by Police – you we will never forget, Robert Chasowa – murdered by regime agents – your killers cannot rest, To all of you, for your murderers, let there be no respite!” Part 1: History, Ancient […]
Zambia’s President Michael Sata on Saturday rejected an invitation by Malawian President Bingu Mutharika to attend the COMESA Heads of State summit in Lilongwe because his counterpart had failed to apologise for having him expelled five years ago. According to Zambia Watchdog, President Mutharika sent Malawi’s envoy in Zambia, David Bandawe to deliver the invitation […]
One of Malawi’s leading cultural groups, Mulhako Wa Alhomwe has changed the date of this year’s annual festival celebration, from the 25th to 23rd October, 2011, Nyasa Times can reveal. The organization, had initially announced that the celebrations will take place on Tuesday, the 25th of October. However, after an afterthought, the organization has decided […]
Head of the Anglican Church in the world Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams says Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika has expressed commitment to dialogue with the civil society organisations (CSOs). The Archbishop said this after meeting President Mutharika on Friday at Sanjika Palace at the start of his visit to the Church of the […]
The donor community has expressed grave concerns about several recent incidents of “politically-motivated violence” in Malawi and asks the government to set an independent enquiry into the mysterious death of University of Malawi student activist. Robert Chasowa, 25 – a final year Mechanical Engineering student, was found dead at the Polytechnic on campus on September […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika has claimed the country is “changing from worse to better” despite complaints that Malawi is facing the worst economic crisis with acute shortages of fuel, electricity and foreign currency. “Malawi is getting better every day,” President Mutharika claimed in a recording of the BBC’s Africa Have Your Say aired Thursday evening. […]
Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika has denied that he declared Britain High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyet- persona non grata after a confidential memo which criticised and questioned his leadership was leaked. “We did not expel him,” Mutharika said on BBC Have Your Say programme aired on Thursday. Mutharika – without shame at all – claimed Her Majesty’s envoy […]