Malawi

Eight Tanzanian environmental rights activists are headed to court in Mzuzu on March 9 following two months in detention and nine postponements of their trial. Malawian authorities arrested the human rights defenders in late December during a peaceful educational exchange in the Karonga region.

Kuona Lampiyawo, a subsistence farmer is a married man with two children and based in the lower district of Nsanje. He is into livestock and crop farming.

Lured by its potential profits, proponents of oil exploration in Malawi have been placing their hopes on the country becoming an oil-producing nation over the next few years. They argue that its production will bring much needed foreign exchange and economic prosperity to the country.

They say the move will put people’s lives at risk and damage the environment. But it seems their fight is being stone walled by the company’s well organised public relations machinery and their own elected government, which has a 15 per cent stake in the company.

(NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015)—The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) today raised serious concerns about discriminatory provisions in a law signed by Malawi’s President Mutharika that is expected to go into effect today.

7 October 2014

There are good reasons why many Malawians are happy with the new policy for English to be the language of instruction in Malawian public schools. We Malawians use proficiency in spoken and written English as a product of a good education.

Malawi’s tumultuous elections, held last week, left the country reeling and at risk of violence. While peaceful campaigns marked the lead-up to the vote, havoc reigned on election day, when numerous polling centers didn’t open and many had no ballot boxes.

As Malawi gears up to go to what many are calling the closest electoral race in its history, a new report entitled: ‘Malawi- Political Participation and Democracy,’ has pointed to the missed opportunity for elector

The issue of homosexuality is one of the most emotive issues globally since the systematic atrocities such as slavery, colonialism and apartheid. The extent of tension on issues of homosexuality in the social, political and cultural spheres defies imagination.