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Malawi:President WA Mutharika dismisses PAC resignation calls

March 22, 2012 Global Author

President Bingu wa Mutharika has finally responded to calls from Malawians after the all-inclusive consultations led by the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) recommended he steps down in 60 days if he fails to sort impoverished Malawi's economic, political and social woes. Delegates at the interfaith group conference also resolved that Mutharika should call for a referendum in 90 days should... Read More

South African High Court To Hear Zimbabwe Torture Case

March 22, 2012 Global Author

Johannesburg - On Monday 26th March, the North Gauteng High Court will begin hearing a landmark case brought by the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and the Zimbabwean Exiles Forum (ZEF) to compel South Africa to abide by its legal obligations to investigate and prosecute high level Zimbabwean officials accused of crimes against humanity . Read More

Malawi:World Bank proposes Solutions to address Malawi’s economic problems

March 20, 2012 Global Author

LILONGWE, March 9, 2012 – Following an agreement between the World Bank Vice President for Africa Ms. Obiageli Ezekwesili and President Bingu wa Mutharika at the African Union summit last month, a high level World Bank team visited Malawi to consult and present a comprehensive package to address the current economic challenges in the country. . Read More

Malawi:Atupele Muluzi Arrested

March 20, 2012 Global AuthorAtupele, Bakili Muluzi, Bingu WA Mutharika, Malawi, UDF

The son of ex-president Bakili Muluzi has been arrested in Malawi. Atupele Muluzi aspires to be the flag-bearer for UDF in the 2014 Presidential elections. . Read More

A New Hope, Victoire Ingabire

March 14, 2012 Global AuthorFDU-INKINGI, Genocidaire, Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, Supreme Court, Trial, victoire ingabire

Rwandan opposition politician, Victoire Ingabire, wins a partial victory in the first round in her fight against the country’s laws governing genocide ideology. High Court judges in Rwanda have partially suspended the trial of opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza until the country’s Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the genocide ideology laws she is challenging–laws that allow for the… Read More

DR Congo’s Lubanga found guilty by ICC

March 14, 2012 Global AuthorChild Soldiers, congo, Guilty verdict, ICC, Thomas Lubanga, UPC

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has found Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers during the final years of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 1998-2003 war. Lubanga, 51, on Wednesday became the first suspect on whom the Netherlands-based international court has delivered a verdict since it was established a decade ago. The former leader of… Read More

Forcibly displaced in South Kivu face a struggle to survive

March 14, 2012 Global AuthorDRC, FDLR, Kalehe, Kivu, Mai Mai Rape, refugees, Rwanda, UNHCR

14 March 2012 Some of the people forced to flee Shabunda wait for assistance in a neighbouring territory in South Kivu province. Survival is a challenge. BUNYAKIRI, Democratic Republic of the Congo, March 14 (2012) – Claudine* and her husband Pierre* fled their village in eastern Congo in early January and found shelter with thousands of others in Bunyakiri commune.… Read More

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