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Malawi’s Joyce Banda vows to fight corruption even If it means losing the Presidency

November 22, 2013 Global AuthorAtupele Muluzi, Cashgate, Chakwera, Christine Lagarde, Joyce Banda, Malawi, Peter Mutharika

BLANTYRE - President Joyce Banda said she’ll fight corruption even if it means losing the May 24th Presidential Elections. The U.K. government leading the way and foreign donors such as the IMF have suspended aid that finances about 40 percent of the Malawi’s budget after reports of rampant corruption and abuse of public funds. Read More

Malawi summons South African ambassador after Zuma gaffe

October 24, 2013 Global Authorassandra Mbuyane-Mokone, Ephraim Mganda Chiume, JACOB ZUMA, Johannesburg, Joyce Banda, Malawi, South ASfrica

Blantyre, Malawi, Oct. 23 (AFRICAGVILLAGE) _ South African High Commissioner to Malawi Cassandra Mbuyane-Mokone was summoned in the capital, Lilongwe, Thursday by Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Ephraim Mganda Chiume to explain President Jacob Zuma's 'disparaging remarks' against the southern African country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed. "Her Excellency Mbuyane-Mokone explained to the Hon. Minister that President... Read More

Why Malawi Pres. Banda dropped Lipenga, Kasambara from cabinet

October 17, 2013 Global AuthorJoyce Banda, Ken Lipenga, Malawi, Malawi Graft, Mkwezalamba, Paul Mphwiyo, Ralph Kasambara

Malawi President Joyce Banda announced a new cabinet on Wednesday dropping finance minister Ken Lipenga and senior lawyer Ralph Kasambara as Justice Minister. She didn’t give any reasons but new information has emerged that she blames Lipenga for failing to deal with the malfeasance at treasury and Kasambara is being linked to the shooting of last month of the Budget Director,... Read More

Malawi’s President Joyce Banda hires new cabinet, sacks two key ministers

October 15, 2013 Global AuthorJoyce Banda, Ken Lipenga, Malawi, Malawi Graft, Maxwell Mkwezalamba, Mutharika, Ralph Kasambara

Blantyre, Malawi, Oct. 15 (AGV) _ Malawi president Joyce Banda, who last Thursday sacked her entire cabinet, has hired a new one comprising mostly her former team with a few surprising additions. Banda, southern Africa's first female president and Africa's second, has fired Finance Minister Ken Lipenga and Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara. The two are at the centre of investigations... Read More

Malawi president appoints new Cabinet

October 15, 2013 Global AuthorCabinet, government, Joyce Banda, Malawi

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) – Malawi’s president has appointed a new Cabinet that includes replacements for the finance and justice ministers, amid allegations of high-level corruption in one of Africa’s poorest countries. President Joyce Banda sacked her previous Cabinet last week. The government overhaul follows the Sept. 13 shooting of Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, who is believed to have been targeted… Read More

UN women Director visiting Malawi

October 8, 2013 Global AuthorMalawi, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South African, UN

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

September 1, 2013 Global AuthorJUSTICE OFFICIALS AND PARALEGALS, MAGISTRATES, Malawi, OSISA, PROSECUTORS

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

Is foreign aid helping or Hurting Africa

August 24, 2013 Global Authorafrica, Afroca Global Village, Bono, Dambisa Moyo, foreign aid, Guardian, Laura Miller, Malawi, Mercy Corps, New York Times, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The World Bank, Zambia

More than $50 billion of foreign aid is given to African countries every year to address poverty on the continent. Although this may seem generous, and to some a solid strategy to treat Africa’s ailments, Dambisa Moyo — a Zambian economist with a background that includes Harvard, Oxford and Goldman Sachs — says just the opposite. In her new book,... Read More

SADC Summit Ends With Call to End Regoinal Political Turmoil

August 19, 2013 Global AuthorBanda, DRC, Malawi, Rwanda, SADC

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

Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete threatens Malawi over lake dispute

July 26, 2013October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jakaya Kikwete, Joyce Banda, kenya, Lake Malawi, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

LILONGWE(AGV)--Speaking on Thursday during the country's heroes' day celebrations, Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete made a rumbling speech saying its armed forces were ready to protect the country against any foreign threat to its territory, raising the stakes in an escalating border dispute with Malawi. . Read More

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