November 09, 2012

• Malawi: Suspension of Anti-Gay Laws Draws Mixed Reactions

  A decision by Malawi authorities to suspend anti-homosexual laws in the predominantly religious southern African nation of 13 million is sparking heated debate. While human rights... Read more »

June 16, 2012

• Malawi: No AU Summit in Malawi

  Who is Damien Glez? Franco-Burkinabé Damien Glez was born in 1967. Read more »

April 09, 2012

• Africa: The Wrong Death Foretold?

  African psychics are continuing to predict the imminent death of an aging African leader. But with so many aging African leaders out there, it can't really rate as the most... Read more »

January 20, 2012

• Malawi: Women Protest Over Trouser-Stripping

  About 2,000 Malawian women Friday staged a protest against attacks on trouser-wearing women, who were stripped in the streets this week by a gang of unemployed youths and sidewalk... Read more »

January 18, 2012

• Malawi: Gang Held For Stripping Trouser-Wearing Women

  Malawi's police have arrested a gang that had been terrorising trouser-wearing women in the capital Lilongwe by stripping off their clothes, a spokesman said Wednesday. Read more »

January 09, 2012

• Malawi: Judicial Strike Shuts Down Courts

  Malawi's courts ground to a halt Monday as some 2,000 judicial workers began an indefinite strike over work conditions and higher pay, organisers said. Read more »

January 05, 2012

• Malawi: 18 Held After Police Clash With Vendors

  Riot police in Malawi arrested 18 people Thursday after firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse illegal street vendors in the capital Lilongwe, police spokesmen said. Read more »

January 04, 2012

• Malawi: Reserve Resurrected By 'Noah's Ark' Project

  Antelope, elephants, leopards and lions are grazing and reproducing again in a reserve in Malawi, resurrected through a repopulation project of biblical proportions. Read more »

December 30, 2011

• Southern Africa: Couple of South African Leopards On Malawi Mission

  "The leopards won't like that!" jokes ranger Fyson Suwedi as his pick-up truck rattles along the bumpy road that leads from the airstrip to Malawi's Majete Wildlife Reserve. Read more »

December 29, 2011

• Malawi: Local Officials Must Protect People, Not IMF - President

  Malawian government officials should stop protecting the IMF at the cost of their own citizens, President Bingu wa Mutharika said Thursday amid a public spat with the global... Read more »

December 12, 2011

• Africa: ICC Refers Malawi to UN Over Refusal to Arrest Bashir

  The world court on Monday said it was referring Malawi to the UN Security Council over its refusal to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted by the court for... Read more »

December 08, 2011

• Malawi: Malawi to Review Homosexuality Ban

  Malawi's government announced Thursday that it will review a series of controversial laws, including a ban on homosexuality that has drawn widespread Western criticism. Read more »

November 13, 2011

• Malawi: Sex Workers Sue Govt After Forced HIV Test

  Some 14 Malawians sex workers arrested by police and forced to undergo HIV tests two years ago have sued the government for "unfair action and violating their privacy", a high... Read more »

September 07, 2011

• Malawi: Locals in Southern District become Climate Change Refugees

  Over 74 households in Malawi's southern district of Chikhwawa have become "refugees" of climate change due to flash flooding, forcing them to upsticks and move home in an attempt... Read more »

August 26, 2011

• Malawi: Malawian President Declares 'War' on Critics

  Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika said Thursday he had declared "war" on his critics, who are planning a vigil on September 21 to protest his government's policies. Read more »

August 12, 2011

• Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Best Friends

  Show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are. Last week, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, who has had a firm grip on the country for the last 30 years, felt the need to... Read more »