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, […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has said if she had her way, she would not allow Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al Bashir to attend African Union Summit to be held in Lilongwe this July owing to his International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant of arrest for alleged crimes against humanity. Bashir is the first sitting president indicted […]
Politicians and a University of Malawi analyst have told President Joyce Banda to be forthright with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and tell him in the face that he is not a welcome visitor to Malawi, if the country is to avoid another backlash with the international community and its donors. It seems the cost of […]
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 […]
Youth Association for Democracy (Yadema) has petitioned Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Mutharika urging government not to allow Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir to set his foot in the country again next July to attend the African Union (AU) summit. Malawi is a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) which charged Bashir on ten counts of […]
The United States says Malawi government will affect its chances to get back to the US$ 350.7 million worth of assistance meant to revitalise the country’s faltering energy sector if it will hosts fugitive Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir at the June’s Africa Union summit. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. aid agency that rewards […]
Malawi government has cried foul over what it sees as double standards and unfair treatment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the ICC reported Malawi to United Nations (UN) for Malawi government’s failure to arrest the ICC wanted man, Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashr last October when he attended Common Market for Eastern and Southern […]
Minister of Information Patricia Kaliati has threatened that the Mutharika administration can withdraw from the International Criminal Court Treaty after a dispute over its alleged failure to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has referred Malawi to the UN Security Council for refusing to arrest Bashir. Kaliati, who is government spokesperson, […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday dismissed Malawi’s excuse that it failed to arrest Sudanese President Omar El Bashir because he enjoyed the immunity of a foreign head of state. The Court said a sitting head of state whose country was not a signatory of the Rome Statute did not enjoy any form of immunity […]
A High court in Kenya has issued a warrant to necessitate and effect an arrest on Sudan President Omar Al Bashir, President Bingu wa Mutharika’s ally, wanted for alleged crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court (ICC) should he ever set his foot in the eastern African country again. The court ruling comes after […]
Malawi has sent a response to the Hague based International Criminal Court (ICC) following a request to submit an explanation on why it failed to arrest Sudanese ruler Omar Hassan al-Bashir during his recent visit to the country. Minister of Foreign Affairs Arthur-Peter Mutharika – a professor at law – issued the explanation after ICC […]
Malawi Government is reported to have designed a response to the Hague based International Criminal Court (ICC) following a request to submit an explanation on why it failed to arrest Sudanese ruler Omar Hassan al-Bashir during his recent visit to the country. Bashir, facing ten counts of war charges, crimes against humanity and genocide he […]
Malawi government says it will not explain to the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) why it failed to arrest Sudanese President and genocide suspect Omar al-Bashir during a recent visit. The war crimes court issued a decision requesting Malawi to submit before 11 November ‘any observations’ over its alleged failure to comply with the arrest […]
Malawi government says it is not moved by the 11 November ultimatum given by the International Criminal Court for the Mutharika administration to explain why it failed to arrest indicted Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir during his recent visit. The Hague-based court issued an international arrest warrant for Bashir on charges of genocide and war crimes […]
The International Criminal Court has demanded Malawi to explain its failure to arrest and surrender to the court, genocide suspect Omar al-Bashir President of Sudan who visited the country recently. Judges at the Hague-based war crimes court has since warmed that the matter would be referred to the United Nations Security Council. According to a […]
Aid-dependent Malawi expects foreign donors to resume support next year, a senior minister said on Tuesday, despite its biggest donor Britain saying it has no plans to restart funding. Major aid donors suspended packages worth around $1 billion over concerns about human rights abuses and maladministration by President Bingu wa Mutharika, who drew international condemnation […]
A United States Congressman has written President Barack Obama asking him that Malawi should be totally dropped from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) aid programme because the Bingu wa Mutharika administration hosted international fugitive Sudanese President Omar al Bashir and rejected calls to hand him to International Criminal Court. Congressman Frank Wolf of the 10th District […]
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