By Thom Chiumia, Nyasa Times Malawi civil society organisations which organised the July 20 demonstrations have made a call to International Criminal Court (ICC) in Hague to investigate President Bingu wa Mutharika and his cronies for the use of lethal force during a crackdown on anti-government protests. At least 19 people were killed during a […]
Malawi High Court Judge Dunstain Mwaungulu, who is also an authoritative commentator on topical issues on the Nyasanet discussion forum, says the current financial turmoil facing the country needs austerity measures such as having a lean and affective cabinet. Mwaungulu, in his post on Nyasanet, offers tips on how President Bingu wa Mutharika can abate […]
Zambia’s President Rupiah Banda has denied inviting embattled Malawian leader Bingu Wa Mutharika to Lusaka at the weekend. President Mutharika, in power since 2004, is under unprecedented pressure from Malawians after the July 20 street demonstrations that left 18 people dead, several injured while others arrested as his compatriots protested against his rule. Mutharika and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Iran has given $50 million in aid to develop Malawi’s mining industry, the two countries said on Thursday July 28, two days after the United States suspended an aid package following a deadly crackdown on protests. “We have had very strong diplomatic relations and it is our obligation to support developing countries such as Malawi,” […]
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 […]
Those who know me, both friends and foes, know me as a satirist, known for my forthrightness and bluntness, which, of course, I am judicious enough to use sparingly on the former and quite liberally on the latter. And I am a courageous satirist, too, whose most favourite biblical verses happen to be those that […]
Those who know me, both friends and foes, know me as a satirist, known for my forthrightness and bluntness, which, of course, I am judicious enough to use sparingly on the former and quite liberally on the latter. And I am a courageous satirist, too, whose most favourite biblical verses happen to be those that […]
By the peaceful standards of modern Malawi, the 20th of July was a very bloody day indeed. At least 19 people were killed and many more were injured, in demonstrations against the Mutharika government that took place in and around the main cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre, Zomba and Mzuzu. Having begun in a peaceful, carnival, […]
The United States on Thursday warned Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika that his security forces’ use of force in unrest that has left 18 dead and urged restraint from all sides were undermining democracy, three months after he signed a $350 million aid package from the United States contingent on good governance. “The United States […]
Reflective: I am one of those who danced at Dr Banda’s youth rallies, singing anti-colonial songs in the cause of nationalism in the 1960s. Later, I was to fall foul of Dr Banda’s one party state and be reduced to a meek and mute civil servant for two decades or more before I joined the […]
The UK based Malawi Diaspora Forum has called on Bingu wa Mutharika to gracefully resign as President of Malawi within 91 days after the July 20 mass demonstrations or face force removal. Meeting in the City of Manchester, Diasporans said yesterday that they “note with harrow the appalling difficulties” of people of Malawi all due […]
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. […]
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