2012-02-08
The ICRC Regional Delegation in Harare
[ICRC]
The Harare regional delegation covers Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Its main activities are detainee welfare, assistance, restoring family links, cooperation with National Societies and the promotion of IHL.2012-02-08
AfrAsia Bank to Invest U.S.$16,5 Million in SADC, Comesa
[The Herald]
MAURITIUS-based AfrAsia Bank, which recently acquired 35 percent of Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited, has raised US$16,5 million for further expansion into the Sadc and Comesa regions with particular focus on Zimbabwe and Malawi. 2012-02-07
New Report Highlights Press Freedom Challenges
[MISA]
A recent report released by the civil society organisation Civic and Political Space Platform (CPSP) shows that the media in Malawi continue to grow despite facing very tough conditions. 2012-02-06
Nations Cup Co-Hosts Bite Dusts
[Vanguard]
Mali last night came back from a goal down to beat hosts Gabon 5-4 on penalties after scores were tied 1-1 at extra time at a packed Libreville National Stadium. Gabon's loss means that the two host countries are out of the competition after Equatorial Guinea lost 3-0 to Ivory Coasts, Mali's next opponents in the semifinal. 2012-02-03
Consumers Have a Right to Fuel and Forex Black Market
[IPS]
Lilongwe -
The black market for foreign exchange and fuel is booming in the midst of an acute scarcity in Malawi. The shortage is so severe that even the Consumer Association of Malawi, an influential consumer rights body, has come out in support of the black market. 2012-02-02
Nation Rated Low on Press Freedom
[MISA]
A latest Worldwide Press Freedom ranking for 2011-2012 has listed Malawi as one of the worst countries in the world in promoting press freedom. 2012-02-03
Taxing International Inbound Calls - Is There a Middle Way?
[Balancing Act]
London -
Many African regulators' have introduced a tax on international inbound calls. It started with Côte d'Ivoire and then spread like a plague to Gabon, Ghana and Senegal, to name but a few. The latest country wanting to join the fold is Liberia and operators are seeking to persuade the regulator LTA not to go ahead. Isabelle Gross talks to Marzen Mroue, the CEO of Lonestar/MTN in Liberia and Richard Chisala, board member of Macra, the regulator in Malawi about this 2012-02-02
Bishops Endorse Journalists' Group
[CISA]
Lilongwe -
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) has approved a journalists organisation as one of its bodies to help the local church in its evangelization mission. 2012-01-31
Hague Court and African Union in Stand-Off Over Bashir Visits
[ISS]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has lodged an official complaint with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against the governments of Chad and Malawi for their alleged failure to arrest and surrender President Omar Al-Bashir of the Sudan when he was within their borders on state visits last year. 2012-01-31
Country's Media Freedom Ranking Collapses
[OSISA]
The days when Malawi's increasingly autocratic leader, President Bingu wa Mutharika, and his equally undemocratic ministers and cronies could act with impunity, safe in the knowledge that the rest of the world was not interested in what was happening in the 'Warm heart of Africa', have well and truly gone. 2012-01-31
Activists Condemn the Stripping of Women
[Foroyaa]
The 39 members of the Solidarity for African Women's Rights Coalition (SOAWR) based in 18 African countries have condemned the stripping of women wearing trousers and short skirts by male vendors in three major cities in Malawi namely Lilongwe, Mzuzu and Blantyre. 2012-02-01
The Right to Wear
[Independent]
About 2,000 Malawian women staged a protest on Jan. 20 against attacks on trouser-wearing women, who were stripped in the streets this week by a gang of unemployed youths and sidewalk vendors. "We have to say no to abuse against women. We have to fight for women's rights," Vice President Joyce Banda told the women, clad in white t-shirts in the commerical capital Blantyre. 2012-02-01
African Summit Draws Road Map for Free Trade Area
[Egypt Online]
The African Union (AU) summit called on member states and regional economic blocs to enhance industrial development and joint trade in the continent. 2012-01-30
To Men Who Strip Women in the Streets - Go Hang!
[Citizen]
Slightly more than a week ago, some street vendors in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, suffered what appeared to be a bout of collective madness. 2012-01-25
Street Vendors Strip Women Naked
[IPS]
Lilongwe -
A campaign to stop people buying merchandise from street vendors is gaining momentum in Malawi's main cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu after the small-scale traders went on a rampage undressing women and girls wearing trousers, leggings, shorts and mini-skirts. 2012-01-25
U.S.$45.7 Million IFAD Loan and Grant to Nation to Boost Food Security in Rural Areas
[IFAD]
Rome -
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a US$22.85 million loan and US$22.85 million grant to the Republic of Malawi to help smallholder farmers improve food security and reduce rural poverty in the country. 2012-01-25
Lessons From Coffee Tasting Competition
[Daily News]
THE Eastern Africa Fine Coffees Association (EAFCA) holds a yearly National Taste of Harvest Competition, which recognizes specialty coffee, in one of its eleven member states, namely Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe. 2012-01-24
Peace Corps Volunteer Lights Up Health Center in Malawi
[State Department]
Washington -
Peace Corps volunteer Allegra Panetto of Haworth, New Jersey, is working with a health center in eastern Malawi to power electricity in several of the center's rooms using solar energy. 2012-01-24
Regulatory Body Summons Radio for Disciplinary Hearing
[MISA]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) on Monday 16 January 2012 summoned a privately owned radio station for disciplinary hearing for allegedly broadcasting a programme critical of president Bingu wa Mutharika's administration. 2012-01-24
New Disease-Resistant Cassava Varieties Released
[Daily News]
The push to increase the production of cassava in Tanzania has received a major boost, thanks to a recent release of four new varieties that are tolerant to the deadly rot diseases of the crop--Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD). |
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