American officials have denied participating in a plot for regime change in Malawi in reported scheme for unseating President Peter Mutharika and have leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera take over. Chakwera is said to be in state intelligence notes uncovering coup and that plotters have set June 2016 as the deadline to have President Mutharika […]
Opposition leaders in Malawi have rejected claims that there is a plot to oust President Peter Mutharika. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) said allegations that its leader plans to overthrow Mutharika’s government is “fiction.” Chakwera is said to be in state intelligence notes uncovering coup and that plotters have set June 2016 as the deadline to […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) interim president Peter Mutharika, former Cabinet ministers Goodall Gondwe, Jean Kalirani and interdicted Chief Secretary to Government Bright Msaka on Tuesday appeared again at Lilongwe Magistrate Court on the charge of perjury but the matter was adjourned to April 29 and the suspects have not yet taking a plea. The four […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) interim president Peter Mutharika, former Cabinet ministers Goodall Gondwe, Jean Kalirani and interdicted Chief Secretary to Government Bright Msaka on Wednesday appeared at Lilongwe Magistrate Court but could not take plea on the charge of perjury after their attorney made preliminary objections. The four also face treason charges alongside seven […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) General Henry Odillo has been conferred a medal of honour called ‘Commendable Act Medal ‘ by President Joyce Banda in the capital, Lilongwe during the commissioning of the 11th Battalion of the Malawi Armed Forces. President Banda decorated the Gen. Odillo at Civo Stadium on Saturday for his professionalism to adhere […]
Former presidential legal advisor Allan Ntata says he is “too busy” to come to Malawi and join the dozen people charged with treason over an alleged coup plot in the aftermath of the death of former Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika. Ntata currently in the United Kingdom where he went after the death of Mutharika […]
The treason trial of former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) interim leader Peter Mutharika and 11 others arrested in connection to the death of former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika and subsequent transfer of power is due to start on April 4, Nyasa Times understands Ministry of Justice spokeswoman Apoche Itimu, who is in […]
Malawi President Dr Joyce Banda has hailed Army Commander, General Henry Odillo for leading the Malawi army to defend the Constitution after former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) orchestrated a failed “constitutional coup d’état” following the death of president Bingu wa Mutharika last April. Former Foreign Minister Peter Mutharika – now answering to treason charges […]
The State says it is ready to prosecute former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) interim leader Peter Mutharika and 11 others arrested in connection to the death of former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika and subsequent transfer of power. Ministry of Justice spokeswoman Apoche Itimu, who is in the prosecution team, said the treason […]
Speaking to Global Business Leaders at World Economic Forum in Davos on 23 January 2013, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame told a panel discussion that to change the global perception of Africa as a trouble hotspot, its story “must” start to be narrated by Africans. President Kagame observed that there was a major problem in that the Africa’s […]
Malawi government has assured that it will offer ‘maximum’ security to Lilongwe-based High Court Judge Ivy Kamanga, who has been receiving threats for granting bail to the 11 treason case suspects. According to published reports, Kamanga was in hiding after anonymous people telephoned her and warned her that they would raid her house for granting […]
Goodall Gondwe, one of the 12 treason suspects arrested a fortnight ago for plotting to upstage the then Vice-Pres. Joyce Banda from assuming office following Pres. Bingu wa Mutharika’s sudden death last April, Sunday attended church at Enukweni CCAP but refused to discuss his ordeal. When Enukweni Congregation Presbytery Clerk, the Rev. William Mtika – who […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Bruno Kulemba has warned of more arrests in a treason trial after a commission of inquiry that investigated circumstances sorrounding the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika revealed a plot to stop then Malawi Vice-President Joyce Banda from assuming the presidency. Kulemba said the arrest of the 11 people who […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) interim leader Peter Mutharika on Saturday spoke for the first after his arrest a fortnight ago, vowing to contest in 2014 tripartite elections despite facing treason charges. Mutharika, who has been charged with treason alongside other DPP officials and former top civil servants, held whistle-stop rallies in Mulanje district just […]
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The Commission of Inquiry’s 105-page report into the death, in April 2012, of President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi and political manoeuvrings in the immediate aftermath makes for compelling reading. Fully two and a half pages are devoted to considering whether a February 2012 prophecy by Nigerian evangelist TB Joshua of the imminent death of an African […]
Leston Mulli, or whatever his first name may be, is one interesting businessman. He has the potential to ‘rule’ the entire Malawian business empire as he has already demonstrated before, despite that his prowess rightly needed a homeboy at the country’s driving seat. Which, for some, have still failed to manage. So yes, Mulli was […]
Treason suspect and Nkhata Bay Central member of Parliament (MP) Symon Vuwa Kaunda has been granted bail after he was re-arrested by Malawi Police in Lilongwe for allegedly violating bail conditions set by High Court Judge Ivy Kamanga last Thursday. Kaunda was re-arrested on Saturday night at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, […]