Vol 54 No 7 | MALAWI Lilongwe’s treason trial 29th March 2013 A year after they tried to derail Joyce Banda’s accession to the presidency, the old political elite are in the dock President Joyce Banda's faces her toughest political test with the arrest on 11 March of eleven former top officials who have been linked to a treason plot. The...
Vol 54 No 7 | MALAWI Rifts over lake 29th March 2013 Resolution of the dispute over the border between Malawi and Tanzania on Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa to Tanzanians) seems no nearer. The Africa Forum, an advisory body of...
Vol 54 No 4 | MALAWI Banda takes on her deputy 15th February 2013 The President is at loggerheads with her deputy just as she tries to strengthen her party in Parliament President Joyce Banda wants to build a parliamentary majority from defectors from the Democratic Progressive Party to her own People’s Party. She founded the PP after the...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | MALAWISOUTH KOREA Seoul says no to youth export 2nd July 2013 South Korea ends speculation on the matter and begins to investigate Yoon Choong-sup, the man behind the plan South Korea is adamant that it did not and will not authorise the arrival of some 100,000 young Malawian workers, as announced by President Joyce Banda and her...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MALAWISOUTH KOREA Youth export palaver 31st May 2013 Parliamentarians were up in arms after hearing that up to 100,000 young Malawians could be soon on their way to work in South Korea’s factories and farms in...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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....