The episode began with the release of a recording (AC has a copy) of a conversation apparently between President Bingu wa Mutharika and Kaliwo the day before Muluzi was arrested last July (AC Vol 47 No 16)...
In Malawi a bumper maize harvest could rescue the government and the ruling party while the collapse of local government and the concentration of power in the hands of President Bingu wa Mutharika look irreversible – in the short term anyway...
In the middle of his first term President Bingu wa Mutharika's anti-corruption campaign looks increasingly like a badly-executed attack on his former party the United Democratic Front (UDF)...
Vol 47 No 23 |
- AFRICA
- URANIUM
In Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika's government is negotiating a new uranium project at Kayelekera with Paladin Resources of Australia...
President Bingu wa Mutharika who has no more time for the legislature than his predecessors may refuse to recall parliament...
President Bingu wa Mutharika was perhaps displeased that Kaliwo had brought forward the accusations against Muluzi before the budget had been approved by parliament...
Recent changes brought them together in opposition to the present government of President Bingu wa Mutharika who may conclude that an expensive state funeral is an easier way to deal with a returning opponent than leaving their reception to friends and party-loyalists as in Muluzi's case...
It is unclear whether the alleged treason is of the murderous sort (it is claimed a South African had been hired to assassinate President Bingu wa Mutharika) or 'speaking ill of the President' which remains a criminal offence in Malawi...
Amid last year's chaos President Bingu wa Mutharika's nervous government suspended parliamentary sittings for seven months (AC Vol 47 No 5)...