Justifying the enjoyment of ‘blue’ scones, Fr. Michael Mtambo had no choice but to ask for air time on state Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) on Tuesday to defend President Bingu wa Mutharika by attacking two human rights activists Undule Mwakasungula and Gift Trapence that the two are agents of donors to destabilize government. Fr. Mtambo, […]
Civil rights activists who have been fighting for gay rights in Malawi are under pressure from their donors to explain how they used the funds that were given to them to fight for gay rights legislation. In an emailed correspondence dated 19th July 2011 posted on newly launched whistle blower website NyasaLeaks, addressed to John […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times Barely 24 hours to go, civil society organisations in Malawi have announced the call off of their much-anticipated and widely publicised August 17 national vigils. Rodgers Newa, a spokesman for the organizers, told reporters Tuesday that protests were being postponed indefinitely because of a court injunction issued to stop them […]
Malawi, once considered a southern African success story, risks going down the same road as regional basket case Zimbabwe, said the leader of recent anti-government protests that left 19 dead. Undule Mwakasungula had been in hiding since security forces launched a violent crackdown to quell two days of demonstrations that erupted July 20. Re-emerging in […]