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Malawi:Bowing to Pressure first lady Callista Mutharika loses hefty Salary

March 28, 2012 Global AuthorBingu WA Mutharika, Callista Mutharika, Malango, Malawi

Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika this has finally bowed down to civil society organizations’ (CSOs) pressure to scrape the First Lady’s pay from government coffers of around MK1.3 million (about US$78,787,788) monthly. Government through the Presidential Committee and Dialogue Group (PCDG) announced in a press statement Monday 28th that more ‘demands’ were being met – including Mutharika’s explanation and revelation... Read More

Malawi courts resume work after 3 months strike!

March 25, 2012 Global AuthorBright Msaka, Malawi, Malawi Judicial strike

Justice will be back in the corridors of Malawi's judicial system from tomorrow, Monday, after a junior strike which started around January 9 has ended. Workers will get back to work after engaging in a strong civil disobedience to go to work following government's refusal to activate revised monthly perks. . Read More

Malawi:Atupele Muluzi Arrested

March 20, 2012 Global AuthorAtupele, Bakili Muluzi, Bingu WA Mutharika, Malawi, UDF

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. . 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

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

Malawi:Amnesty International calls for Ralph Kasambara’s release

February 16, 2012 Global AuthorMalawi, Maravipost, Ralph Kasambara

According to the Maravipost Online newspaper, “The rearrest of Ralph Kasambara indicates the Malawian authorities are willing blatantly to flout the law when it comes to dissenting voices,” said Noel Kututwa, Amnesty International’s Deputy Program Director for Africa. “Such disregard for the judicial process is an alarming sign for the human rights of perceived critics of the government in Malawi,... Read More

Malawi:CSO apologies for MBC journalists ‘rebuff’

February 16, 2012 Global AuthorAnthony Kaunda, Civil society organizations (CSOs), Malawi

Civil society organizations (CSOs) in Malawi have made an apology through the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter for chasing away state-run broadcaster, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) journalists from covering their press conference on Tuesday. . Read More

AU extends mandate for Jean Ping Until next Election

February 16, 2012 Global AuthorAU, Jean Ping, lilongwe, Malawi, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

The African Union on Tuesday extended the mandate of its top official Jean Ping after an election, in which he was challenged by South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, deadlocked. "We have decided to prolong the mandate of the current commission until the next summit in Lilongwe Malawi" in June, bloc chairman, Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi, said at the end of a... Read More

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