Month: February 2020 Posts

Timeless Qualities of a Good Mother

Feb 20, 2020 Alex Chikanga 0 &

You’ve probably been reflecting on your childhood years and the earliest memories of your mom. Most people will have a lot of good things to say about their mothers. The bond is one that is… ...

Mutharika says radicalised youth being used to perpetrate violence in Malawi

Dec 10, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

… condemns ‘propaganda that demonises police officers’ President Peter Mutharika has claimed that some political and civil society leaders in Malawi are exploiting poverty of the youth to encourage the young people to engage in… ...

LGBTIQ+ rights in Malawi: Colonial era penal codes fan intolerance

Oct 27, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

The entire social edifice in Malawi could be what breeds intolerance for the LGBTIQ+ community and leading to their rights not being seen as human rights. Lawrence Phiri Chipili, the executive director of Lesbian, Intersex,… ...

Mugabe inflicted lasting damage on Zimbabweans – Amnesty

Sep 07, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Amnesty International says former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, who led the country for almost four decades, inflicted lasting damage on Zimbabweans and left an indelible stain on his country’s human rights record. Mugabe died on… ...

Pope Francis told to address human rights violations in Mozambique

Sep 02, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Amnesty International has called on Pope Francis to use his powerful voice to raise urgent human rights concerns with the leaders of Madagascar and Mozambique when he visits the two countries this week. Pope Francis… ...

​​Hundreds of people homeless following mass evictions in Eswatini

Aug 31, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Hundreds of people in Eswatini are living in misery after being forcibly evicted from their homes by the government last year. According to rights group Amnesty International, the state is also failing to appropriately amend… ...

Joyce Banda answers to childhood friend’s invitation

Dec 02, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former Malawi President Joyce Banda worshiped in the village at the Assemblies of God Church at the invitation of her childhood friend Chrissie who dropped out of school at the age of 13 due to school… ...

Homosexuality, human rights abuses cost Tanzania over $300 million

Nov 17, 2018 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

Tanzania has this week lost close to $310 million (K224 billion) due to government related human rights violations. The amount is almost a quarter of Malawi's national budget. Denmark and World Bank respectively announced this… ...

Homosexuality lands Tanzania in hot soup: Denmark withhold aids

Nov 15, 2018 Sibu M. Mokoena 1 &

Denmark is withholding US$9.8m (K7.1billion) in aid to Tanzania following anti-gay comments that Dar es Salaam governor made last month. Danish Development minister Ulla Tornaes, quoted by the BBC, said she was "very concerned" by… ...

Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty’s highest honour

Nov 13, 2018 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

Amnesty International announced today that it has withdrawn its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Aung San Suu Kyi, in light of the Myanmar leader’s shameful betrayal of the values she once stood… ...

Insulting Prophet Muhammad ‘not freedom of expression’ – European Court rules

Oct 30, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad is a criminal offence and does not constitute freedom of expression. Defaming the Prophet “goes beyond the permissible limits of an… ...

Man locked over circumcision

Aug 08, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

The Malawi police in Chikwawa have arrested a 23-year-old man for abducting and circumcising a standard 3 boy-child without the consent of his parents. The district's police public relations officer, Constable Foster Benjamin, identified the… ...

Malawian students facing hell in India

Jul 11, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 19 &

Students from Malawi who are on scholarship programs at Shimla University in India have bemoaned the living conditions they are subjected to in the Asian nation. The concerned students fear for their lives due to… ...

The human right to safe drinking water

Jun 18, 2018 Tobias Kumwenda 0 &

Access to safe water and proper sanitation are human rights. And these rights must be ensured for everyone, everywhere to live a dignified and healthy life. A life free of preventable deadly diseases, children having… ...

Govt committed to supporting refugees

Jun 15, 2018 Martha Chikoti 1 &

The Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security says it is committed to continue supporting refugees in the country. Administrative and Operations Manager of RSD Unit in the ministry Hilda Kausiwa said government will continue… ...