When Morocco named a major highway linking Tiznit to Dakhla after United States President Donald Trump, many observers dismissed it as little more than a symbolic diplomatic gesture. But the decision reflects a much deeper strategy. Morocco was not simply honouring an American president; it was using symbolism to project a national vision. The road […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has congratulated US president Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris on their inauguration on Wednesday but has been silent on Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s re-election in last Thursday’s presidential polls that his closest challenger Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has vowed to contest in court. Biden was sworn in as the […]
I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. – John […]
President Lazarus Chakwera and vice president Saulos Chilima have joined African leaders in congratulating US President-elect Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, following their victory. Biden was declared president-elect four days after polls closed, marking the conclusion of a bitter race against President Donald Trump that was fought against the backdrop of the […]
China is rising, of course; but, for now, let’s not lose focus with facts: The United States of America or US is still the world’s superpower, the leader in global politics. Through its superpower status, the US shapes the tone of global politics and economy to the extent that its action and inaction on any […]
US President Donald Trump and his wif, First Lady Melania, have tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) and are now in quarantine barely a month before the US presidential elections. The president, aged 74 and therefore in a high-risk group, announced the news in a tweet. “We will get through this together,” he wrote. It comes […]
When he began his campaign for the US presidency, few people, if not none, took billionaire Donald Trump seriously. Mainstream media—especially CNN, BBC, New York Times, Washington Post and Al Jazeera—rapped him as a time waster, as a result, never presented him positively. Ignored by mainstream media, Trump found a medium to channel his political […]
President Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office. The House voted on two charges – that the president abused his power and that he had obstructed Congress. Nearly all […]
President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday attended the opening of this year’s 74th United Nations General Assembly (Unga) general debate in New York, United States of America (USA). UN General Assembly opened with the theme of “Galvanizing multilateral efforts for poverty eradication, quality education, climate action and inclusion.” Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, president of the 74th session of […]
The country’s immediate past vice-president Saulos Chilima has commended United States President Donald Trump for becoming the first American president to cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone into North Korea as he seeks to make a legacy-defining nuclear deal with the North. Chilima said this at a televisied political rally in Blanyte on Sunday that Trump and North […]
Founder and chairperson of Budala Women’s Group in Machinga, Ella Zande, on Monday returned from the United States of America (USA) where she represented 65 countries at the launch of the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Programme. Whilst in the US, Zande visited the White House where she met US President Donald Trump and other […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader and presidential candidate in the May 21 2019 election, Lazarus Chakwera , is this Thursday attending the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC, United States of America after an invitation. Chakwera is among other high profile signatories that have been invited. As an Evengelical Christian he has attended these events every year. […]
At least seven Americans resident in Malawi had a peaceful protest as the convoy of the US First Lady Melania Trump passed by at Area 30 in the capital city Lilongwe. Mrs Trump was coming from Kamuzu International Airport to Kamuzu Palace during her five hours charity trip to Malawi. The protestors who lined up […]
The US First Lady Melania Trump will travel to Africa a visit that will take her to Malawi, Ghana, Kenya and Egypt on her first extended solo international mission to promote child welfare. The US first lady discussed her plans Wednesday at a reception for the spouses of foreign leaders and others participating in the […]
President Trump is no stranger to controversy. His very run for the White House was perpetually mired in controversy. That the American people elected Donald J. Trump as their president may be celebrated as a victory for democracy, seeing as a relative political outsider managed to beat established politicians to the highest political office in […]
“It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there’s always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in”-Julian Assange-Australian Activist The first entry of Crossing the Red Line came out on August 29, […]
This week Haiti and Africa became the butt of President Trump’s pathologically racist and profusely obscene verbal assaults. During a White House meeting with Congressional leaders on immigration he dismissed Haiti and the entire continent as undesirable “shithole” countries. The comments provoked a firestorm of global condemnation from the United Nations to the African Union. […]
Malawi government has said ours is not a ‘shithole’ country, rejecting United States (US) President Donald Trump’s remarks calling African nations, Haiti and El Salvador ‘shitholes’. Government spokesperson, who is also minister of Information and Communications Technology Nicholas Dausi, while he was coy to rebuke Trump, said Malawi is not a ‘shithole’ country and Africa is not a shithole […]