Malawi police on Monday issued an arrest warrant for former president Joyce Banda in connection with the country’s “Cashgate” corruption scandal, which involved large-scale looting of government coffers. “Malawi fiscal and fraud police have unearthed credible evidence which raises reasonable suspicion that the former president committed offences relating to abuse of office and money laundering,” … Read more
US pop superstar Madonna was due Tuesday to formally open a children’s hospital wing that her charity has built in Malawi and which is named after one of her four adopted Malawian children. The Mercy James paediatric hospital unit in Blantyre, the country’s second city, has taken two years to build and includes three operating … Read more
Eight people – including seven children – have died in a stampede ahead of a football match in Malawi, police say. Dozens more were injured in the crush at Lilongwe’s Bingu national stadium. The stampede happened as thousands of people rushed for seats ahead of a friendly between top sides Nyasa Big Bullets and Silver … Read more
Seven children and one adult were killed in a stampede at Malawi’s national stadium on Thursday as large crowds gathered for independence day celebrations, police said. The stampede occurred when gates were opened at the 40,000-seat Bingu stadium in the capital Lilongwe for a presidential address and football match to mark the annual holiday. “Eight … Read more
Eight people – including seven children – have died in a stampede ahead of a football match in Malawi, police say. Dozens more were injured in the crush at Lilongwe’s Bingu national stadium. The stampede reportedly happened as thousands of people tried to find seats ahead of a friendly between top sides Nyasa Big Bullets … Read more
Malawi’s Agriculture Minister George Chaponda has been fired over a scandal that has been dubbed “maizegate”. Last month, President Peter Mutharika ordered an investigation into a $34.5m (£27.7m) maize order from Zambia after allegations that the price had been inflated. Mr Chaponda told the BBC’s Focus on Africa radio programme last week that he would … Read more
Malawians will now be able to demand any type of information from elected officials Malawians are now empowered by law to seek information from elected officials and public entities. This comes after President Peter Mutharika signed into law the Access to Information (ATI) bill. The bill was passed in December 2016 by the country’s parliament … Read more
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has finally signed into law an access to information bill which will allow Malawians to obtain information from the government and other public bodies. Campaigners had been pushing for the law for more than a decade. The announcement was made by the minister of information during a recording of the BBC’s … Read more
Whether mourning the death of a musical giant, teasing presidents or launching protest movements, Africans took to social media in greater numbers than ever before in 2016. Here’s a look back at some of the most popular stories and hashtags. #TheOtherRoom The moment the words came out of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s mouth, you just … Read more
An HIV-positive Malawian man has been sentenced to 24 months in jail with hard labour for having unprotected sex with newly bereaved widows. The practice of “widow cleansing”, when a widow must have sex after her husband dies, was outlawed a few years ago. Eric Aniva, known in Malawi as a “hyena”, admitted to the … Read more
An HIV-positive Malawian man has been sentenced to 24 months in jail with hard labour, after being found guilty for having unprotected sex with newly bereaved widows, local journalist Alfred Guta has told the BBC. Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika had ordered the arrest of Eric Aniva, a sex worker known locally as a “hyena”, after … Read more
An HIV-positive Malawian man has been found guilty for having unprotected sex with newly bereaved widows. The practice of “widow cleansing”, when a widow must have sex after her husband dies, was outlawed a few years ago. Eric Aniva, a sex worker known in Malawi as a “hyena”, admitted in a BBC interview to having … Read more
A verdict is expected this week in the case of a man arrested in Malawi after he told a BBC reporter he had had sex with pubescent girls as part of a “cleansing” ritual. But some Malawians are asking why only one man is on trial for a practice involving whole communities. Eric Aniva was … Read more
There were speculations that Prez. Mutharika was sick after a month in US Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has broken his silence over the state of his health. There were speculations that he was unwell after he spent a month in the US, where he travelled for the UN General Assembly. This was fuelled by his … Read more