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Britain refuses to give Malawi a full vote of confidence – Why?

June 18, 2012 Global Author

Andrew Mitchell, the international development secretary,while praising Joyce Banda, Malawi's new president, for her "brave reforms",has fallen short on announcing a firm date for when Britain will resume its general aid programme. . Read More

SADC Ministers meet in Angola to decide the Fate of it’s Tribunal

June 12, 2012 Global Author

JOHANNESBURG, 11 June 2012 – With Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) meeting in Luanda until June 15th to discuss the future of the SADC Tribunal, three legal bodies have called on them to safeguard the Tribunal and the rule of law in the region by ensuring that access to the Court by private individuals... Read More

Andrew Mitchell arrives in Malawi for talks with President Banda

May 31, 2012 Global Author

BLANTYRE- Andrew Mitchell, the United Kingdom's secretary of state for International Development, arrived in Malawi Wednesday to hold talks with new President Joyce Banda and have "first-hand experience of Malawi's challenges." . Read More

Malawi:Bingu WA Mutharika Snubs World Bank team visiting the country

March 12, 2012 Global AuthorBingu, Bingu WA Mutharika, lilongwe, Malawi, World Bank

President Bingu wa Mutharika on Sunday said he cannot meet anyone that comes across, referring to the World Bank team that visited the country with an economic bail out offer as below his status. . Read More

Malawi:President Bingu WA Mutharika says Donors can go to Hell

March 9, 2012 Global AuthorBingu WA Mutharika, Christine Lagarde, Donors, IMF, Malawi, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner

President Bingu wa Mutharika has told any donor who thinks his leadership is not up to democratic expectations, to go to hell, pack up and go. He was speaking on Sunday 4th March when he opened a road in his home district of Thyolo. . Read More

World Bank bailout could end Malawi’s economic woes – Giugale

March 8, 2012 Global Authoreconomy, Malawi, Marcel Giugelo, politics, World Bank

Malawi, strung in a web of economic and political woes, could finally realise better times should an offer by the World Bank’s (WB)African Regional Director of Economic Management, Marcel Giugelo, could pass through. The Country Director responsible for Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Kundlavi Kadiresan, also said. . Read More

Malawi:Activist Kasambara now a free man!

February 22, 2012 Global Author

Private practice lawyer and activist Ralph Kasambara was released a week after a second arrest on 21st February 2012. He was rearrested after the graft fighting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said they wanted to investigate how he got his earlier bail as the courts were under strike. . Read More

Zanzibar MPs protest Tanzania bid for more sea

February 19, 2012 Global Author

Tanzania’s plan to seek an extension of continental shelf outside the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is facing renewed resistance, as the Zanzibar Parliament prepares to petition the UN to block the move. A section of MPs in Zanzibar House of Representatives are claiming that the Isles was not involved in the decision to extend the EEZ and sharing of marine... Read More

PERSECUTION OF RALPH KASAMBARA ACCELERATES SLIDE TOWARDS A POLICE STATE IN MALAWI

February 17, 2012 Global AuthorBingu WA Mutharika, former Attorney-General, Malawi, OSISA, Ralph Kasambara, SALC

JOINT STATEMENT BY THE OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA (OSISA) AND THE SOUTHERN AFRICA LITIGATION CENTRE (SALC) Johannesburg: The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) condemn this week’s persecution of Malawi’s former Attorney-General, Ralph Kasambara, and express alarm at the country’s continuing slide away from established principles of democracy and rule... Read More

A Sequel to “Zambian Intellectuals are Lazy”

February 14, 2012 Global AuthorAfrica develoment, Field Ruwe, Zambia

I told my son not to take after me; break tradition chains, remove old edicts, and create new rituals. Take after Mandela, Gates, Jobs, or Einstein. Take after someone who has changed the world. You and your peers across Zambia must create razor sharp focus and straighten the curvature of African history by doing something spectacular, something that will bring... Read More

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