Malawi has pulled its candidate out of the race for a seat on the International Criminal Court, leaving the country without a contender in the court’s ninth election of judges. The Embassy of the Republic of Malawi announced the withdrawal of the candidacy of Ms Tujilane Chizumila in a communication dated 20 October 2026. The […]
Leaders of some rights activists branded pro-Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) who sent a letter to the International Criminal Court (ICC) say the Hague-based court has not responded and the letter in circulation is work of forgery. The Joint Civil Society Platform on Governance (JCSPG) says it is concerned with the letter in circulation in social […]
Commentators have questioned the authenticity of the letter purportedly coming from Hague International Criminal Court (ICC) which is a response to some Malawi rights activists who are demanding the induction of some opposition and rights defenders on post-election violence. The letter is signed by the court’s second vice president Judge Cuno Tarfusser but the current […]
Some rights activists say they have reported the opposition and Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) to International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity. The letter requests the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, UTM president Saulos Chilima and HRDC officials Timothy Mtambo and Gift Trapence with crimes […]
Malawi government has said it is watching with keen interest on the departure of African countries from the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying it will make a decision on its stand from the world body designed to prosecute those who commit the gravest atrocities. Minister of Information and Communication, Malison Ndau, speaking on Daybreak Malawi […]
Malawi is yet to make a decision on whether to terminate its relationship with Hague based International Criminal Court or not, Minister of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation George Chaponda has said. Chaponda said the government wants to make wide consultations on the matter before making its stance known. “We have even to consult parliament […]
Malawi has been called upon to domesticate the Rome Statutes that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). The call was made during an International Criminal Justice consultative forum on the compliance and respect for the ICC decisions and requests currently underway in Mombasa, Kenya. Speaking during the forum that’s brought together civil society organisations (CSOs) […]
As the hype on Lake Malawi boundary dispute rage on, some local activists have criticized neighbouring Tanzania saying it pursuing a selfish agenda, arguing that it has no legal claim over the territory of the third-largest fresh water resource in Africa. Tanzania and Malawi have recently engaged in cold war over ownership of Lake Malawi – also known as Lake Nyasa in […]
Malawi never withdrew from hosting the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government Summit, the Minister of Foreign Affairs clarified on Friday. Ephraim Chiume, speaking on the sidelines of the 21st ordinary session of the executive council made up of AU foreign ministers, also said Malawi invested heavily for the meeting, now under way in […]
THE Sierra Leone Special Court sitting in The Hague recently convicted, the former Liberian president, Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity. This is almost like colonialism in the 18th and (19th Century of Britain and France). While some people have commended the court, others are skeptical about the ability to strike a balance for […]
Malawi’s opposition in parliament has accused the ‘haste decision’ by the President Joyce Banda’s administration last week to cancel the African Union (AU) summit after it refused to welcome Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, a war crimes suspect. The summit’s scheduled July 9-16 has now been moved to Ethiopia, according to the chairman of the AU’s permanent […]
Malawi Government has announced that it will not go ahead to host the African Union Summit which was scheduled to take place next month in Lilongwe. The development comes barely 24 hours after the Sudanese Government wrote the African Union Commission to move the summit from Malawi to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Malawi’s Vice President […]
In a desperate move seen by many as typical tit for tat affair, the Sudanese foreign ministry has urged the African Union (AU) to move the July summit from Malawi to its Addis Ababa secretariat after Malawian President Joyce Banda said Sudan’s leader Omar al-Bashir was not welcome to attend. Sudan’s foreign ministry said the […]
Pressure seems to mount on Malawi to shut out embattled Sudanese President Al Bashir during the AU summit to be held in Malawi in July with the latest call coming from Botswana. Botswana’s no nonsense President Lieutenant General Seretse Ian Khama has made an impassioned plea to the Malawi government not to allow President Al […]
The African Union has “no reason” to bar Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from the pan-African grouping’s summit in Malawi in July, a minister said on Monday. Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region. “The chairman of the African […]
Malawi’s Head of State Joyce Banda has said she discussed in passing with former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s conviction by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity when she recently met her Liberian counterpart, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia. “We talked about the issues surrounding his arrest and subsequent conviction. It is encouraging […]
The Sudanese government has responded t o the suggestion by Malawi President Joyce Banda that President Omar al-Bashir should send a top level official to represent him at an African Union summit in Lilongwe, saying Malawi had no right to make such a request. Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, […]
The initiative taken by the Youth Association for Democracy (YADEMA) to petition the Malawi Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to bar Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir from visiting Malawi under whatever pretext cannot go without comment. But before we do this, let us take a critical look at the subject of the petition: President […]