United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Coordinator, Richard Dictus on Tuesday bid farewell to Malawi at a farewell reception hosted in his honour by the Malawi Government as his tour of duty comes to an end. Dictus has served in Malawi as UN coordinator for four years. Speaking at the reception, Dictus disclosed that Malawi […]
UNDP boss Richard Dictus has up to Friday to respond to a ‘petition’ the workers delivered last Monday to his office. They went into a brief ‘sit-in’ and sent their representatives into meeting with top officials. The local UN staff are demanding that their perks be tagged onto the dollar trading mark, off from the […]
Frustrated United Nations (UN) local staff have today Wednesday started effecting their sit-in protests over unrevised perks two days after threatening strike. The devaluation of the Kwacha by about 50% by the Joyce Banda administration has affected employees and employers alike, causing demands for salary and wage hikes across the country. Sources indicated that staff […]
United Nation (UN) has reacted to a story that locally recruited Malawian staff of their missions have threatened to stay away from work from Wednesday onwards, over claims of abuse and failure to address their needs. In a stated issued in Lilongwe by UN Resident Coordinator, Richard Dictus, made available to Nyasa Times, the world […]
Locally recruited Malawian staff of the United Nations missions have threatened to stay away from work from Wednesday onwards, over claims of abuse and failure to address their needs. Following the 48% Malawi Kwacha devaluation, UN staff requested that their salaries that are budgeted in dollars but paid in Kwacha be pegged to the dollar […]
UN Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative Richard Dictus has tipped President Bingu wa Mutharika on the need to immediately put the Electoral Commission in order if the country is to have successful elections in 2014. “In order for the 2014 elections to run smoothly, the preparation needs to start right now. Already much has been said on the functions and […]
Malawi human rights defenders have hailed the citizens use of social media on the Internet and the role Nyasa Times web-based interactive news is playing to help more people know, demand and defend their rights. This was said during a public debate broadcast live on Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) and also streamed online. The public […]
“…When a policy goal to save lives co-exists alongside other policy objectives, it is suggested that the duty of human rights activists is not to ensure that governments have pure motives but to monitor their performance closely to ensure that the humanitarian dimension of their interventions is not corrupted or subordinated to other political interests….” […]
United Nations resident representative in Malawi, Richard Dictus, says Malawi needs a “different thinking “and a “sustained effort” to resolve the political and economic turmoil. Dictus, whose UN is facilitating dialogue between government and the civil society leaders, made the remarks on Brian Banda’s Capital FM Straight Talk programme. He noted that the country was […]
By Thom Chiumia, Nyasa Times United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator Richard Dictus has said the responsibility of finding solutions lies with the Malawi people themselves and that the UN is only facilitating dialogue between the government of Malawi and civil society organizations in the midst of the country’s economic challenges. Addressing a news conference in […]