Malawi’s first tripartite polls were generally peaceful but in some areas violent protests overshadowed the elections. Voters were infuriated by…
Atupele Muluzi, Bingu wa Mutharika, Blantyre, DPP, election, Joyce Banda, Lazarus Chakwera, local council, Malawi, MCP, National Assembly, parliament, Peter Mutharika, PP, UDFOfficials of the International Monetary Fund have visited Malawi from May 23 until June 6 2012. The mission came together…
Bingu wa Mutharika, boost, Commonwealth, dependence, ECF arrangement, economy, foreign Donors, IMF, Joyce Banda, Karmalesh Sharma, Lilongwe, London, Malawi, Queen Elizabeth II., SAPs, World BankThe news reports of the last days in Malawi concerning the Shire-Zambezi Waterway are highly contradictory. While People’s Party (PP)…
African Development Bank, Armando Guebuza, Bingu wa Mutharika, compensation, Jerry Jana, Joyce Banda, Land Grabbing, Lilongwe, Malawi, Maputo, mozambique, Nsanje Inland Port, PP, Shire-Zambezi waterway, ZambiaMalawi has announced a sharp, 33% devaluation of its currency, the Kwacha. The move follows pressure for the Southern African…
Bingu wa Mutharika, IMF, Joyce Banda, Kwacha, MalawiHalf a year passed since Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir last came to Malawi. By then late president Bingu wa Mutharika…
arrest warrant, AU, AU-summit, Bingu wa Mutharika, ICC, Joyce Banda, Lilongwe, Malawi, MCC Programme, Omar al-Bashir, Rome Statute, SudanLast week Friday, Zambian energy minister Christopher Yalume announced a fuel support for Malawi. According to his statement, Zambia would…
Bingu wa Mutharika, fuel assistance, fuel shortage, funeral, Lilongwe, Lusaka, Malawi, mode of payment, Sata, ZambiaTies between politics and fuel imports in the Southern African state of Malawi continue to determine the consumption of the…
Bingu wa Mutharika, fuel assistance, Joyce Banda, Lilongwe, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, MalawiOn 5 February 2012, Nigerian leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations Temitope Balogun Joshua (popularly known as T.B….
audience, Bingu wa Mutharika, death, Joyce Banda, Malawi, Michael Sata, prophecy, Robert Mugabe, statement, T.B. Joshua, Zambia, ZimbabweAfter Malawi’s President Hon. Bingu wa Mutharika suddenly died last Thursday, one of his most important critics, oppositional Joyce Banda…
Bingu wa Mutharika, Joyce Banda, Lilongwe, Malawi, Malawian ConstitutionBingu wa Mutharika (2008) Bingu wa Mutharika, president of the Republic of Malawi, has died on thursday at the age…
Bingu wa Mutharika, Joyce Banda, MalawiOn last weekend’s Saturday Malawi’s top Human Rights activist John Kapito got arrested in Lilongwe, accusations: Possession of guns, seditious…
arrest, Atupele Muluzi, Bingu wa Mutharika, Dave Chingwalu, Dr. Bakili Muluzi, forex, Geneva, Human Rights activist, illegal possession, International Coordinating Committee National Human Rights Institutions, John Kapito, Ken Ndanga, Malawi, Malawi Human Rights Commission, National Bank, Police, Switzerland, UNDP, United Democratic Front (UDF)Several media institutions have been accused of reporting too negatively about current developments in Malawi politics. Intentions were among others…
Alfred Ntonga, Anthony Kasunda, Bingu wa Mutharika, Blantyre Newspaper Limited (BNL), Brian Ligomeka, DPP Director of Youth, Frank Mwenefumbo, freedom of expression, freedom of information, Fuko, Health and Population Minister, Jean Kalirani, Lilongwe, Malawi, Malawian Constitution, MISA, MISA-Malawi, Nation Newspaper, Nation on Sunday, National Publication Limited (NPL), Nyasa Times, State House, The Weekend Nation, threatsThe words were dropped last Sunday in Thyolo district in the South of Malawi. President Bingu wa Mutharika ceremonially opened…
Bingu wa Mutharika, demonstrations, DPP, DPP Youth Cadets, economic crisis, Fergus Cochraine-Dyet, foreign Donors, forex, fuel shortage, Gomile-Chidyaonga, Great Britain, hate speech, HRCC, Human Rights groups, IMF, London, Malawi, NGOs, protestsIn October 2010 Nsanje Inland Port was ceremonially presented to the world. Zimbabwe’s Mugabe and Zambia’s then president Banda showed…
Bingu wa Mutharika, Fortunato Albrinho, Malawi, mozambique, Nsanje, Nsanje Inland Port, Shire River, Shire-Zambezi waterway, Zambezi RiverIn recent times political observers, civil societies and newspapers from both Zimbabwe and Malawi recognized a systematic deterioration of circumstances…
Bingu wa Mutharika, Burkina Faso, Civil Society, foreign currencies, fuel crisis, Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, Malawi, Robert Mugabe, Thomas Sankara, ZimbabweNew York, London, Franfkurt, Madrid, Rome, Sydney, Hongkong – and from Monday Novemeber 28th on Malawi’s capital Lilongwe as well?…
Ben Chiza Mkandawire, Bingu wa Mutharika, fuel crisis, Lilongwe, Malawi, National Assembly, nyasatimes, Occupy Movement, Wall StreetIn last year’s May, East China Normal University’s chancellor Zhang Jishun and president Yu Lizhong welcomed a Malawian delegation lead…
Bingu wa Mutharika, East China Normal University, Malawi, malawidemocrat, Unima, University Council, University of MalawiThis Thursday the Malawian government welcomed the current president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir. He attended a state summit of the…
African Union, Amnesty International, Bingu wa Mutharika, European Union, International Crime Court (ICC), Malawi, Omar al-Bashir, SoudanMalawi, September the 24th, Robert Chasowa, vice president of Youth for Freedom and Democracy (YFD) was found dead on the…
Bingu wa Mutharika, DPP, Joyce, Lilongwe, Malawi, Polytechnic, Robert Chasowa, The Weekly Political Update, UDF, YDFSince people started organizing themselves in activist and human rights groups and carried their dissatisfaction with the current government to…
Bingu wa Mutharika, DPP, Fight for Academic Freedom, Malawi, Malawi Human Rights Commission, Polytechnic, UDF, University of MalawiIt is still not quiet in Malawi. July 20 anti-governmental demonstrations turned out violent, 19 people died. During those days…
Bingu wa Mutharika, Fight for Academic Freedom, Malawi, Malawi civil societyMittwoch Morgen wusste niemand, ob es tatsächlich zu den im Voraus angekündigten regierungskritischen Demonstrationen in Malawi kommen würde. Doch schnell…
Bingu wa Mutharika, Blantyre, Demonstrationen, Lilongwe, Malawi, MzuzuIn rot gekleidete Demonstranten. Leergefegte Straßenzüge. Große Polizeiaufgebote in den Städten. Geschlossene Geschäfte. Am heutigen Morgen begannen die von der…
Bingu wa Mutharika, Blantyre, Demonstrationen, DPP, Lilongwe, Malawi, MzuzuEs ist Mittwoch, Tag der großen Demonstrationen in Malawi. Seit Tagen kursieren landesweit Aufrufe zum Protest gegen die aktuelle Politik…
Bingu wa Mutharika, Blantyre, Civil Society, Demonstrationen, DPP, Lilongwe, Malawi, Mzuzu, OppositionAls hätte das kleine Land im Südosten Afrikas nicht schon genug mit einer Monate andauernden Benzinkrise und Wirren um die…
Bingu wa Mutharika, Demonstrationen, DPP, Joyce Banda, Malawi, OppositionSeit nunmehr drei Monaten boykottieren Dozenten und Studenten den Universitätsunterricht in Malawi, um gegen Suspendierungen von Dozenten und Einfrieren von…
Akademische Freiheit, Bingu wa Mutharika, CCASU, Fight for Academic Freedom, MalawiAnfang Februar wurde ein Dozent für Politikwissenschaften am Chancellor College in Zomba, Dr. Blessings Chinsinga, von der Universität suspendiert. Er…
Akademische Freiheit, Bingu wa Mutharika, Education, Fight for Academic Freedom, Malawi