President Bingu wa Mutharika is said to have jetted into Zimbabwe on Wednesday for private talks with President Robert Mugabe Zim-eye reported. According to the report President Mutharika arrived around 11am and went straight to the state house where held talks with President Mugabe. Speaking after the three-hour meeting, the Malawian leader said he was visiting Zimbabwe [...]
By Limbikani Mhura President Bingu wa Mutharika has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to give him and his government a grace period of three years for him to solve Malawi’s economic woes before devaluating the local currency. Speaking during the official opening of the 43rd Session of Parliament in Lilongwe on Friday, President Mutharika [...]
By Austin Kakande President Bingu wa Mutharika has today thrashed the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) describing them as fomenters of chaos, and challenged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) saying devaluation of the Malawi Kwacha could never be the only panacea for the country’s ailing economy. Mutharika was speaking this morning at the New Parliament Building [...]
Malawi has plunged 67 places from 79 in 2010 to 146 as one of the worst countries in the world in promoting press freedom according to the latest Worldwide Press Freedom ranking for the year. The study, done by Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders and released on January 27, show that Malawi now ranks 146 [...]
ZAMBIAN President Michael Sata has branded MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai a “stooge” saying he will not stop President Mugabe from holding elections this year. In an interview with The Telegraph in Lusaka on Tuesday, President Sata said Zimbabwe will have elections to uphold democracy. “You people, the Western countries, you taught us that democracy [...]
By Ndirande Love, ”Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, ‘The Lord knows those who are His…” (2 Timothy 2:19a). More often than not the argument that Malawi is not a God fearing nation comes when the issue in question is homosexuality. This article however is not about homosexuality, it is simply [...]
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged African leaders to respect gay rights. Discrimination based on sexual orientation had been ignored or even sanctioned by many states for too long, Mr Ban told an African Union summit. Homosexuality is illegal in many African countries – a situation which has drawn increasing criticism from activists [...]
By Limbikani Mhura Former Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Minister Grain Malunga on Tuesday said the media misquoted him on the current fuel crisis in the country. While he was still minister, Malunga who is the DPP parliamentarian for Chikhwawa North was quoted in the media saying people should get used to the fuel crisis [...]
By Austin Kakande The Road Authority (RA) says it achieved an overall 94 percent of the planned activities during its 2010/11 financial year. In a summary of its annual report published on Tuesday and signed by its Board Chairperson Inkosi ya Makosi Mbelwa 4, the authority says it is geared to maintain the feat in [...]
By Justice Mponda Private media houses in the country today stayed away from the presidential press conference which was held at the Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe . Mutharika was arriving from Addis Ababa , Ethiopia where he attended the 18th Summit of Africa Union (AU). And unlike in the past, he held the [...]
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