Malawi:Atupele Muluzi Arrested
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. .
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Tag: Bingu WA Mutharika
Malawi:Bingu WA Mutharika Snubs World Bank team visiting the country
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. .
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Malawi:President Bingu WA Mutharika says Donors can go to Hell
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. .
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PERSECUTION OF RALPH KASAMBARA ACCELERATES SLIDE TOWARDS A POLICE STATE IN MALAWI
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...
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Malawi Cabinet reshuffle imminent in the face of public discontent :
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. .
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Commonwealth Secretary-General has meeting with Bingu WA Mutharika
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. .
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Malawi: Harassment of women over trousers ignite mass protests
BLANTYRE— Hundreds of women, joined by politicians and men, held a vigil in the commercial capital, Blantyre, on Friday to protest against thugs who have been undressing women wearing trousers and mini-skirts.“ We have to say no to abuse against women. We have to fight for women’s rights,” vice president Joyce Banda told some 2, 000 women clad in white...
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Malawi President Opens COMESA Summit Salutes Sata
THE 15TH Summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Heads of State and Government officially opened here on October 14 with leaders in the regional economic block saluting President Sata on his historic victory in Zambia’s September 20 general elections. In his welcome address to the delegates, who gathered at the new State House, Malawian President Bingu...
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Malawi lifts entry ban on Zambia’s President Michael Sata
Reuters reports that Malawi has announced today that it has lifted an entry ban on Zambia’s new president, Michael Sata, trying to head off a diplomatic spat before hosting a major regionalconference next month. .
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