An opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) official has told the government to reverse its decision to have the country’s foreign mission in Jerusalem. Sheikh Imran Mtenje, who is DPP regional governor for East, said the government would be stalking Muslims in the country if it goes ahead to open an embassy in the disputed Jerusalem. […]
If the coronavirus pandemic has provided any lesson, it is this; in a global, interconnected world, the welfare of people everywhere is vital to the well-being and safety of the entire world. Depriving any group of their basic rights – even those thousands of kilometres away – ultimately impacts everyone. As Palestine’s Special Envoy to […]
The Blantyre Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbytery (CCAP) has added its voice for President Lazarus Chakwera to reverse his plans to open Malawi embassy in Jerusalem, a city contested for by Israel and Palestine. Blantyre Synod general secretary the Reverend Billy Gama said Malawi’s decision to open its mission in Jerusalem and not Tel Aviv is a […]
A security expert at Mzuzu University Eugenio Njoloma has said the Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) have merit in their warning to President Lazarus Chakwera that his administration’s decision to open a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem puts the country at risk of deplorable consequences from some Arab countries. Nyasa Times reported on Tuesday that the Muslims body has […]
Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) has written President Lazarus Chakwera to protest his intention to establish a diplomatic mission with Israel in Jerusalem. MAM in a correspondence to the President through its chairperson Sheikh Idruss Muhammed seen by Nyasa Times has since asked the Chakwera administration to review the issue of opening the embassy in […]
Foreign Minister Eisenhower Mkaka on Saturday returned from a visit in Israel stressing that nothing will change President Lazarus Chakwera’s decision to establish a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem by the summer of 2021 despite that it violates a United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution. Chakwera, 65, holds a PhD in theology and has long been […]
Palestinian president’s special envoy Hanan Jarrar arrived in Malawi on Wednesday to hand over a letter of protest from Mahmoud Abbas against President Lazarus Chakwera’s decision to open an embassy in the disputed city of Jerusalem and has asked Lilongwe to immediately withdraw the decision. The Palestine envoy handed the protest letter to Chakwera, who […]
Malawi is to become the first African country to open an embassy to Israel in disputed Jerusalem Malawi has had diplomatic ties with the Jewish state since 1964 but without opening an embassy Minister of Foreign Affairs Eisenhower Mkaka is in Israel where he has formally informed the government there that Malawi is to become the first […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has said he will stick to his plans to open a Malawi diplomatic office in Jerusalem, Israel and that “it is never intended to have Malawi isolated.” Chakwera said Malawi is a sovereign state with its own foreign policy and there should be no question on the country’s decision including on who […]
Parliament has confirmed that President Lazarus Chakwera has already been given nine questions which legislators will ask him this Wednesday afternoon when he appears before National Assembly to answer questions as provided for in the Constitution. Nine questions have been submitted to Chakwera through the Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara according to Parliament spokesperson […]
Israel has committed to upscale bilateral relations with Malawi following the decision by President Lazarus Chakwera to establish a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem. Malawi will be the first African country to establish a diplomatic office in Jerusalem against a background of an unresolved conflict between Israel and Palestine over east Jerusalem and many countries recognise […]
There is an interesting debate going on with regards to merits and demerits of Malawi opening diplomatic relations with Israel and planting an embassy in Jerusalem. As Nyasa Times, we feel that it is a misplaced debate—not do different from parents who can’t clothe and feed their one child, but busy debating the possibilities of having […]
A group of concerned citizens which includes some Muslims are rejecting President Lazarus Chakwera’s announced plans to open a diplomatic office in Jerusalem, Israel. The ‘concerned citizens’ demand that if Malawi is to open diplomatic relationship with Israel, the move should be approved by Parliament and that the mission should be based in Tel Aviv […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has said his government’s public castor reforms program being championed by Vice-President Saulos Chilima will be extended to the country’s foreign missions, accounding that Malawi will establish a diplomatic mission with Israel in Jerusalem. In his maiden State of the Nation address (Sona) at Parliament in Lilongwe, Chakwera—who was elected in a […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has taken time off from attending hectic presidential poll results challenge case to visit Jerusalem as he turned to God by embarking on prayer for “victory over wickedness and for good leaders and truth to reign in Malawi”. In a tweet accompanied by pictures of himself in the […]
Malawi abstained from a vote Thursday during which more than 100 members of the United Nations overwhelmingly condemned the decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The General Assembly passed the resolution condemning US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, with 128s nation in […]