Aid-dependent Malawi expects foreign donors to resume support next year, a senior minister said on Tuesday, despite its biggest donor Britain saying it has no plans to restart funding. Major aid donors suspended packages worth around $1 billion over concerns about human rights abuses and maladministration by President Bingu wa Mutharika, who drew international condemnation […]
Britain and human rights groups in Malawi and international watchdogs have criticised the Bingu wa Mutharika administration for hosting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes in Darfur. Bashir arrived in Malawi on Thursday where he was welcomed with a military honour guard and attended r a regional trade summit with the […]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday expressed concern over the deadly violence in Malawi, where up to 18 people have reportedly been killed and many others injured during clashes between anti-government demonstrators and security forces this week. As many as 18 people are thought to have been killed in two days of violent anti-government protests […]