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Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan in Malawi to help President Mutharika kick of HIV awareness campaign

August 30, 2014 Global AuthorAsamoah Gyan, Ghana Blackstars, HIV Awareness, Malawi, Peter Mutharika

BLANTYRE (AVG)--Asamoah Gyan, the celebrated Ghana soccer star and captain of the Black Stars, will on Thursday at Sanjika Palace help to kick-off Malawi’s “Protect the Goal”campaign which aims to re-invigorate HIV prevention in a country ravaged by AIDS and where only 42 percent of 15-24 year olds have accurate and comprehensive knowledge of HIV. . Read More

Malawi’s outspoken MP Jessie Kabwila wants Mutharika to fire greedy Ministers

August 28, 2014 Global AuthorGeorge Mkondiwa, Jessie Kabwila, Malawi, MCP, Peter Mutharika, Willie Samute

(AGV)—Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Jessie Kabwila has asked president Peter Mutharika to fire his cabinet ministers for proposing a 583 percent pay hike which would see them carting home K3.5 million a month. According to Kabwila, the ministers’ proposal is a clear sign that they are insensitive and extravagant; as such they cannot be trusted with the country’s limited... Read More

Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima to tee-off in support of ailing journalist Limbani Moya

August 27, 2014 Global AuthorAnthony Kasunda, Limbani Moya, Malawi, Saulos Chilima, South Africa

Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima has joined hands with Friends of Limbani, a taskforce of professionals in various fields, to raise funds in support of ailing veteran journalist Limbani Moya. Moya was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2012 and has since then been undergoing treatment at various hospitals in the country and South Africa. He currently goes for dialysis at... Read More

Malawians react with anger at ministers’ proposal to hike salary to K3.5 million

August 26, 2014 Global AuthorCashgate, Malawi, Peter Mutharika

BLANTYRE, Aug 26: Ordinary Malawians contacted by our reporters have reacted angry to a proposal that ministers to hike their salaries, describing it as “pure madness” by some and “daylight robbery” by others. The ministers, through a memo written by acting chief secretary Willie Samute to President APM, sought to raise the salary of a minister from K600 to K3.5... Read More

Malawi’s Mutharika rules out war with Tanzania over disputed lake but insists ‘lake issue is non-negotiable’

August 12, 2014 Global AuthorJoyce Banda, Kikwete, Lake Malawi, Malawi, Peter Mutharika, Tanzania, United nations

Blantyre, Malawi, Aug. 12 (Raphael Tenthani/AGV) _ Malawi President Peter Mutharika Tuesday ruled out going to war with neighbouring Tanzania over the disputed border over Lake Malawi but insisted the issue of the lake, Africa's third largest fresh-water lake, is non-negotiable. Read More

In Malawi mysterious fire guts electoral body warehouse as recount fight rage on

July 15, 2014 Global Authorlilongwe, Malawi, Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Malawi Electoral Commission, MEC, Paul Kagame, Peter Mutharika, Willie Kalonga

Blantyre, Malawi, July 15 (AGV) _ A mysterious fire in the wee hours of Tuesday gutted a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse in the capital, Lilongwe, reducing to ashes millions worth of electoral materials. Crucially, some of the destroyed materials were ballot papers which were subject for a recount in a disputed parliamentary result in one of the constituencies in... Read More

Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima appears to be implicated in the famed “CashGate” Scandals

July 15, 2014 Global AuthorCashgate, Luke Kasamba, Malawi, Maxwell Namata, Saulos Chilima

LILONGWE (AGV) -- Malawi vice president Saulos Chilima has been implicated in the cashgate scandal, Malawi's historical fraud which saw over US$100 million of public money getting lost in inexplicable means between 2012 and 2013. Chilima had tight business links with one Maxwell Namata, one of the big fishes considered to have played major roles in the scam when he... Read More

Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni thinks there are lessons to be learnt from Malawi’s recent elections

July 3, 2014October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jessie Kabwila, kenya, Leonard Mulekwa, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Museveni, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

A three man delegation from the Uganda Electoral Commission spent a weeklong visit in Malawi to study voter education processes. Inspite of flaws in the Malawi recents elections the Ugandans believe there are still positive lessons to be learnt. Uganda has less than two years to prepare for the next national elections and this time, election officials say they want... Read More

Mec acted impartially throughout Malawi’s election period- EU Chief Election Observer

May 22, 2014 Global AuthorEuropean Union, Malawi, Malawi Elections, Mbendera, MEC, Observer Veronique De Keyser

BLANTYRE (AGV)--While President Joyce Banda is pressing for manual vote recount, the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU COM) says the Malawi Electoral Commission has acted impartially throughout the election period. The Commission also sought inclusive solutions in an effort to enfranchise all voters in the country, according to EU COM Chief Observer Veronique De Keyser. Read More

Malawi President Banda pleads with Pastors to pray for peace to avoid Rwanda like Genocide

April 10, 2014 Global AuthorJoyce Banda, Kamuzu Palace, lilongwe, Malawi, Paul Kagame, Rwanda

BLANTYRE (AGV)--Malawi President Joyce Banda has urged Pastors fraternal to pray for peace of the nation as political parties are busy campaigning for tripartite election. President Banda also said there is need to pray for the media in the country to only present stories not containing hate speeches to avoid inciting violence. The Malawi leader spoke Wednesday evening at Kamuzu... Read More

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