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World Bank promises Malawi US$50 million to maintain areas affected with floods

February 14, 2015 Global Author#MalawiFloods, Goodall Gondwe, Malawi, Malawi Floods 2015, World Bank

Lilongwe. February 14: The World Bank has assured of assisting the country with US$50 million to help in maintaining areas that were affected by floods. Minister of Finance, Goodall Gondwe said,’’ The Bank decided to help the country having considered the diverse impact of the flooding and the desperate need for a quick response.’’ . Read More

Malawi Government strongly Refutes that its network of Computers at State House were Hacked

February 13, 2015 Global AuthorComputer Hacking, Malawi Government

State House wishes to inform the Public that, the News Article which was published by the Nation Newspaper of Friday, 13 February 2015 on the Front page by Christopher Jimu, headlined “MAN HACKS STATE HOUSE COMPUTERS” is not true. Let the truth be told that the man in question did not hack any of the State House Computer Systems but... Read More

South Africa: The State versus identity Document (ID)

February 6, 2015 Global AuthorGender Justice, Sex Change, South Africa, South Africa ID's

Cape Town, 6 February: South African citizens can do almost nothing without an Identity Document (ID). People whose ID particulars do not match their gender identity, gender expression and ultimately who they are, face obstruction, regular ridicule and discrimination. When the power of the state and the public sector control, rather than serve an individual’s most fundamental resource— their body—... Read More

ICC the West’s tool to Harass Africans, Mugabe demands cutting ties

February 2, 2015 Global AuthorAfrican Union, Al-Bashir, ICC, kenya, KENYATTA, Robert Mugabe, Sudan

The International Criminal Court should drop or suspend charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto until African concerns about the court and proposals to change its founding treaty are considered, African leaders say. The demand came in a report Saturday on previous decisions made by African Union leaders. Mugabe, 87, told the United Nations General... Read More

Comrade Robert Mugabe assumes African Union leadership

January 30, 2015 Global AuthorAfrican Union, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe president calls on Africa to harness resources for its own ends as members urged to tackle infrastructure, climate change, conflict and Ebola Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s 90-year-old president, has assumed the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) with a call for members to improve infrastructure and tackle climate change, conflict and Ebola, and with a familiar rallying cry that Africa’s... Read More

African Union: President Robert Mugabe should urgently address human rights concerns

January 30, 2015 Global AuthorAfrican Union, AU, Boko Haram, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should use his position as the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) to address key human rights concerns in different parts of the continent, including his own country, Amnesty International said today. President Robert Mugabe takes over the rotating position from the Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz which will see him in charge for the... Read More

Sonke Gender Justice condemns the outbreak of xenophobic violence in Gauteng

January 27, 2015 Global AuthorGauteng, South Africa, xenophobic violence

Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) joins fellow human rights activists around the globe to condemn in the strongest possible terms the violence against non-South African individuals living and working within our borders and calls on our government to take urgent action to both protect all people in South Africa, and to prosecute strongly those perpetrating violence against others. . Read More

Malawi ebola screening on 244 Ilala passengers come back negative at Nkhatabay Hospital

January 26, 2015 Global AuthorEbola, Ilala Passengers, Malawi

Nkatabay, Malawi, January 26 (MaraviPost):Ebola results following mandatory screening conducted on 244 people at the Nkhatabay District hospital have come back negative, officials have said. “Intensive screening for ebola on people who had disembarked from the MV Ilala came out negative for the virus” District Heath Officer for Nkhata Bay Dr. Albert Mkandawire said with a sigh of relief during... Read More

Zambian Elections declared Peaceful, Transparent, Credible, Free and Fair by SADC

January 23, 2015 Global Author#Zambianelections, SADC, Zambia, Zambia Elections

The SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) to the Presidential By-Elections in the Republic of Zambia has declared the elections to have been peaceful, transparent, credible, free, and fair, thus reflecting the will of the people of Zambia in accordance with the National Laws and the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections. This is contained in the statement released today... Read More

Malawi President Peter Mutharika visits Chikwawa flood victims

January 22, 2015 Global Author#MalawiFloods, Chikwawa, Malawi, Peter Mutharika

Chikhwawa, January 22, 2015: President Professor Peter Mutharika on Wednesday visited some of the people that were affected by recent flooding at Tizola Camp in Chikwawa district. Speaking at the camp where people from the areas of village headmen Tizola, Nyakayekha and Thedzi are being kept, the President described the flooding as a new phenomenon for the country. In Chikwawa... Read More

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