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SADC bodies commends Malawi institutions for upholding rights, democracy

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, have called upon Malawi to continue on the path of democratization of key government institutions as one way of pressing for human rights improvement. Malawi should also make a commitment to further the realization of economic and social rights as well as to a […]

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PP top brass tumble in parliamentary polls

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Unofficial results of the May 20 parliamentary polls trickling in dribs and drabs show that several former members of the President Joyce Banda’s People’s Party (PP) executive have performed poorly, with one – Godfrey Kanyama – shooting himself dead after a shoddy performance to regain his Lilongwe Msodzi North Constituency. Kanyama, a former deputy minister […]

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