Month: September 2019 Posts

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Amnesty International announced today that it has withdrawn its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Aung San Suu Kyi, in light of the Myanmar leader’s shameful betrayal of the values she once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