-
Malawi: Govt Faces Pressure to Release Arrested Activists
VOA, 12 March 2020
Pressure is mounting on Malawi's government to release three activists detained this week for planning to hold protests aimed at shutting down presidential residences. Read more »
Malawi Govt Faces Pressure to Release Top Civil Society Leaders
Pressure is mounting on Malawi's government to release activists Gift Trapence, Macdonald Sembereka and Timothy Mtambo detained for planning to hold protests aimed at shutting down presidential residences. Their aim was to pressure President Peter Mutharika to sign electoral reform bills paving the way for fresh elections after Malawi's constitutional court nullified last May's polls.
HRDC has been organizing protests like these since May which have sometimes turned violent.
InFocus
-
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party has called on the Anti-Corruption Bureau to investigate the five judges who presided over the presidential election petition, annulled the ... Read more »
-
The budget for a rerun of the presidential elections has been pegged at U.S.$58 million, the embattled Malawi Electoral Commission chairperson, Jane Ansa has said. This comes after ... Read more »
-
Malawi's President Peter Mutharika has rejected a ruling by the constitutional court which annulled the results of last year's election. The court cited massive irregularities in ... Read more »
