Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir, wanted for war crimes, is said to have bought two helicopters for Atupele Muluzi, presidential candidate of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) to use for election campaign, Nyasa Times understands. Al Bashir is a long-time friend of former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi who happens to be Atupele’s father. Zambian […]
Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) party has slammed as “gross” accusations from governing People’s Party operatives that its October 31 convention allegedly received funds from Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, broke ranks with Malawi President Joyce Banda when she threatened […]
Two outspoken Malawian activists have taken to the social media to criticise the visit of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the country accusing him of “war crimes” like Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir. Blantyre-based think-tank Institute for Policy Interaction (IPI) executive director Rafiq Hajat argued that if Malawi could bar Bashir from visiting the […]
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) […]
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 […]
Member of Parliament for Lilongwe Central (MCP) Robin Lowe has appealed to Malawi President Joyce Banda not to shun an African Union summit next month which was moved to Ethiopia from Lilongwe as she refused to host Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Banda announced that Vice President Khumbo Kachali will now attend the July 9-16 summit 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 President Joyce Banda returned home Thursday afternoon from her 12-day official tour of duty in the United Kingdom and United States of America respectively to a rapturous welcome and indicated that she will not attend next month’s Africa Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Addressing a media conference upon arrival at the Chileka International […]
Long time ago I used to watch lots of movies. I have not watched one for a number of years now. I always tell myself that I will go to the theatre when I get time. And it so happens that the time never seems to come. But I recall one movie I watched back […]
Botswana has commended the Malawi Government for its bold decision in cancelling next month’s African Union summit other than let Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, under indictment by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, to attend. The African Union decided Monday to move the July 9-16 summit to Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. The decision […]
We, representatives of national civil society organizations, undersigned, having met today the 9th of June 2012 in Lilongwe on the recent developments as given in the national address by the Vice President, Rt. Hon. Khumbo Kachali that Malawi has withdrawn from hosting the 19th Summit of the African Union, observe as follows:- • Informed that […]
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’s principled refusal to invite Sudan’s president to the African Union summit in Malawi put the continental body in an impossible quandary. Their solution was imperfect, but the right move in complicated circumstances. If one ever doubted the influence that just one person can have on the fate of an entire country, then Malawi’s new […]
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 […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has assured British government that Malawi’s security apparatus will waste no time in arresting Africa’s most wanted Sudanese leader Omar Al Bashir if he dares to touch down on Malawi soil for the African Union (AU) summit slated for July next month President Banda issued the stern warning when he met […]
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 […]