Vol 53 No 23 | MALAWITANZANIA Oil and gas prospects fuel lake row 16th November 2012 The two sides will return to the table to settle an old dispute Malawi and Tanzania will return to the negotiating table on 15-17 November to seek a diplomatic resolution to their dispute over the border in the lake that divides their two count...
Vol 53 No 13 | MALAWI The honeymoon’s over 22nd June 2012 If she lost her majority in Parliament, President Banda would lose control of her budget and the IMF programme, too Acclaimed at home and abroad as a breath of fresh air when she took office on 7 April, President Joyce Banda is being severely put to the test. The President faces scheming opponen...
Vol 53 No 10 | MALAWI A long-distance run for Banda 11th May 2012 The new President is trying to correct her predecessor’s blunders and persuade the people to face tough times ahead President Joyce Banda has formed an inclusive government, appointing former enemies as well as allies in an effort to maintain a united front on economic problems. ‘The economy is ...
Vol 53 No 10 | MALAWI Three days in April 11th May 2012 President Bingu wa Mutharika’s heart stopped during a meeting on 5 April with a member of parliament, Agnes Penemulungu. ‘He just stopped talking and tipped over and the woman scre...
Vol 53 No 8 | MALAWI New leader, new broom 13th April 2012 Africa’s second female president faces a fickle parliament and a desperate economy Joyce Banda, accepting promotion from Vice-President to President on the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, inaugurated her rule on 9 April by sacking the police chief, Peter Mukhito. It...
Vol 53 No 8 | MALAWI How Mutharika went wrong 13th April 2012 Bingu wa Mutharika was Malawi’s third President, after Hastings Kamuzu Banda and Bakili Muluzi. Born in 1934 in the Thyolo district of southern Malawi, he was educated at mission ...
Vol 53 No 5 | MALAWI Pressure mounts on Mutharika 2nd March 2012 The IMF still wants devaluation, while a former Attorney General claims the governing party is hiring thugs to silence critics Ralph Kasambara is voicing the concern of many when he warns of a campaign of intimidation against civil society activists by criminals hired by the party in power.
Vol 53 No 5 | MALAWI Kwacha devaluation: not if but when 2nd March 2012 The debate about whether to devalue the kwacha has moved on and become ‘by how much?’ President Bingu wa Mutharika remains determined not to devalue, though the International Monet...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 5 | MALAWICHINA Too much competition 28th February 2012 A group of 33 Malawian merchants in Karonga has petitioned the government to oust the Chinese nationals whose businesses, the traders complain, are increasing competition in the no...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 4 | MALAWI Bingu wa Mutharika 10th February 2012 President Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma visited Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika on 21-24 January en route to last month’s African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
