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Category: Malawi

Malawi, a landlocked country in southeastern Africa, is defined by its topography of highlands split by the Great Rift Valley and enormous Lake Malawi. The lake’s southern end falls within Lake Malawi National Park – sheltering diverse wildlife from colorful fish to baboons – and its clear waters are popular for diving and boating. Peninsular Cape Maclear is known for its beach resorts.
President:  Lazarus Chakwera Trending
Capital: Lilongwe
Recognised regional languages: List: Yao; Tumbuka; Tonga; Sena; Lomwe; Ngonde; Lambya
Population: 18.14 million (2018) World Bank

Malawi President Joyce Banda fires cabinet amid worsening corruption scandals

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Blantyre, Malawi, Oct. 10 (AGV) _ Malawi president Joyce Banda has sacked her entire cabinet in the wake of reports of worsening corruption in her government."Her Excellency Dr. Joyce Banda, President of the Republic of Malawi, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by Section 94 (1) and Section 95 (2) of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi,... Read More

UN women Director visiting Malawi

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Blantyre, Malawi, Oct. 7 (AGV) _ Newly-appointed Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is in Malawi on a three-day official country mission. Mlambo-Ngcuka is in Malawi to reinforce UN Women’s support to Malawi in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment through collaboration with the government, civil society, private sector and UN system, according to an official statement on her... Read More

Improving Pre_trail Justice in Malawi thorugh Training Programmes

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Lilongwe, 27 August – While Malawi has strengthened its judicial policies in recent years, it still struggles to implement and enforce them efficiently and effectively – which is why around 100 Malawian justice officials, including magistrates and prosecutors, are currently undergoing specialised legal training focussed on improving the administration of pre-trial justice. Read More

SADC Summit Ends With Call to End Regoinal Political Turmoil

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LILONGWE, MALAWI — A Southern African Development Community heads of state summit has ended in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, with a call for finding ways to end the volatile political situation facing people in the region and Africa as a whole. In her remarks at the close of the two-day gathering, the new chairperson of the regional bloc, President Joyce Banda of… Read More

Insults to President Joyce Banda merit a fine and conviction

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Blantyre, Malawi, july 24 (Raphael Tenthani/MaraviPost) _ A court in the northern Malawi city of Mzuzu has convicted a 37-year-old man for calling President Joyce Banda "stupid" and a "failure". Japhet Chirwa, who was arrested on Tuesday, pleaded guilty to the single charge of 'conduct likely to cause breach of the peace', a misdemeanour under Section 182 of the Penal... Read More

MALAWI PRES JOYCE BANDA CHALLENGES CRITICS TO PROBE HER

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Written by YAMIKANI SIMUTOWE   Joyce Banda BLANTYRE (MaraPost)—Malawi President Joyce Banda says she ascended to presidency not to enrich herself but serve the interests of all Malawians regardless of their political affiliation.    President Banda has since challenged her critics to probe her should they think she is accumulating wealth from the public confers.   Banda was speaking in… Read More

Malawi Coup presiding judge Ivy Kamanga getting death threats

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BLANTYRE—Malawi High Court Judge Ivy Kamanga, who is presiding over treason case involving former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) top officials including its acting president Peter Mutharika has gone into hiding following anonymous death threats she has been receiving relating to the case. Kamanga, according to acting registrar of the High Court Michael Tembo, has been receiving anonymous death threats... Read More

President Bingu WA Mutharika’s sudden death and the accused 12 coup plotters

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The Muckraker toyed around with the idea of titling this entry ‘The Vandals and Villains of April 5’ because he intended to discuss the people who wanted to push this country to the precipice during those “three mad days in April”. The chosen title however should serve the purpose. Bingu died when nobody thought he would. Almost everybody, except those... Read More