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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

Malawi:Rudo Mawere murdered in Dublin laid to rest

February 13, 2012 Global AuthorChileka Airport, Dublin, Malawi, Rudo Mawere

As reported in the Irishtimes, The Family of Rudo Mawere, a Dublin-based Malawian student who was murdered late last month, laid their daughter to rest yesterday.Scores of people including relatives and friends turned out at Chileka International Airport in the south of the country for the arrival of Ms Mawere’s body on Saturday. . Read More

Malawi:UN and EU to promote ‘climate-smart’ agriculture

February 9, 2012 Global AuthorEU, Malawi, UN, Zambia

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Commission are teaming up to help Malawi, Viet Nam and Zambia transition to a “climate-smart” approach to agriculture. . Read More

DIET FOR A HEALTHY HEART

February 5, 2012 Global AuthorAGV, Appollo Hospitals, Health Heart, INC, Malawi, Service Message from AsiaMed and Eltas Enterprises

It is well recognized by all medical fraternity and public that diet plays an important role in the maintenance of good health and most importantly a “good heart”. However many of us are not aware of what exactly a healthy diet means. “Diet” is the regular food a man or an animal takes for his survival. Any diet doesn’t necessarily... Read More

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