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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

Malawian woman murdered in Dublin, Ireland

February 2, 2012 Global Author

as reported by the irsihtimes, a malawian woman whose body was found in a bag in Dublin on Sunday had lived in Rathmines and seems to have been looking for au pair work last year. Rudo Mawere (26) is said to have moved to Ireland some two years ago and registered as a student in a small educational institution. She... Read More

Malawi Cabinet reshuffle imminent in the face of public discontent :

January 31, 2012 Global AuthorAfricaglobalvillage, Bingu WA Mutharika, Binton Kutsaira, Malawi, Malawi Congress Party (MCP), United Democratic Front (UDF)

Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika is mulling over who to include in his cabinet in an imminent reshuffle, reports indicate. Mutharika's administration is dogged by economic and governance challenges, and political intolerance, amongst other social-economic problems. . Read More

Deadlocked AU elections shift to Malawi, June

January 31, 2012 Global AuthorAfican Union, AU, lilongwe, Malawi

Following a deadlock during last week's Monday of African Union elections, with a tie between former wife to South African president Jacob Zuma, Homa Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and current and outgoing chairperson, Jean Ping of Gabon, the caucus agreed to meet in Malawi in June for a decider. . Read More

Commonwealth Secretary-General has meeting with Bingu WA Mutharika

January 24, 2012 Global AuthorAGV, Bingu WA Mutharika, General Kamalesh Sharma, Malawi, Malawi news, Malawi Online news

BLANTYRE--Visiting Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will hold talks with Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika Monday evening, MaraPost can reveal. "Yes, the Secretary General will hold talks with President Mutharika this evening," Julius Mucunguzi, Commonwealth Assistant Spokesperson for Africa, told MaraPost Monday. . Read More

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