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Kalindo urge opposition parties, CSOs to endorse ’Payerepayere’ demos

Jan 17, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Activist Bon Kalindo has urged Malawi’s opposition parties, Civil Society Organisations and religious leaders to encourage their followers to participate in ‘Payerepayere' demonstrations which some concerned citizens plan to hold if president Lazarus Chakwera and… ...

Police fire teargas at University of Malawi students

Sep 09, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Police have fired teargas at University of Malawi (Unima) students in Zomba who are holding protests against a five-month holiday at the university. The students blocked the Charles Lwangwa Road and pelted stones at police… ...

Malawi Police fire teargas at protesters in Lilongwe

Jul 20, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police this morning fired teargas to disperse ‘anti-judiciary’ protesters who gathered in Lilongwe despite a court order stopping their demonstrations. Leaders of a grouping called Human Rights Ambassadors have since been arrested over the protests.… ...

Court stops ‘anti-judiciary’ demonstrations

Jul 20, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has granted an injunction to John Kwenda and others, stopping a group of Malawians from conducting demonstrations today against alleged selective justice and injustice by the Judiciary in Malawi. Lawyer… ...

Sri Lanka President to resign after protesters stormed palace

Jul 10, 2022 Gracious Zinazi 0 &

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to step down on 13 July after protesters stormed his official residence and set the prime minister's house on fire. On Saturday 9 July, 2022, thousands of protesters… ...

Mangochi divided over Thursday’s anti-Tonse demos

Jun 15, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

As Mangochi Human Rights Ambassadors is set to hold anti Tonse Alliance demonstrations on Thursday, some residents in the district have faulted the grouping over the protests and they have said they will not participate.… ...

Anti-Corruption protesters march in Lilongwe

Mar 04, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawians led by a grouping called Citizens against Impunity and Corruption marched today in Lilongwe where they expressed anger over high levels of corruption in Malawi. At Lilongwe District Council, Malawi Police fired teargas to… ...

Malawi activist arrested near SADC summit venue

Aug 11, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Malawi Police have today arrested a rights activist who led protests near the venue of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Lilongwe. Mr. Sylvester Namiwa, executive director of CDEDI, has been arrested at… ...

HRDC threatens to hold ‘Pa ground sipalibwino’ demos

Aug 07, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says it will organise "Pa ground sipalibwino" demonstrations if the Tonse Alliance Government fails to come up with a plan to address economic hardships Malawians are experiencing. In a statement… ...

DPP ipepese pakuphedwa kwa anthu pa zionetselo za 2011 – CCAP Livingstonia

Jul 21, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Sinodi ya Livingstonia mu mpingo wa Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) yauza chipani chotsutsa boma cha DPP kuti chipepese kumtundu wa a Malawi pakuphedwa kwa anthu pa zionetsero za pa 20 July, 2011. Izi… ...

Anti-Govt and pro-Chizuma protesters to storm Lilongwe on Tuesday

May 17, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Anti-Government protests and demonstrations in support of President Lazarus Chakwera’s appointee Martha Chizuma will be held in Lilongwe tomorrow. Organizers for the two protests have both claimed to have already notified the Lilongwe City Council.… ...