human rights Archives

Breaking: Man heavily beaten for ‘being gay’

Feb 08, 2016 Aubrey Makina 1,827 &

Activist Billy Mayaya claims a man in Malawi's capital Lilongwe has been beaten to near death for being gay. In a night post on his Facebook account, Mayaya claims the man was beaten for being… ...

Destitute Malawi children experience a World Vision miracle

Feb 06, 2016 George Mhango 6 &

Two mothers of vulnerable children in Bua-Mtete Area Programme in Mchinji have hailed and South Korea Support Office for handing over houses to them. The houses, built in Kapanga and Dowola were built after World Vision and… ...

Robert Chiwamba taken to task over Takana Mathanyula

Feb 02, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 448 &

Robert Chiwamba needs no introduction. He is one of the several performers parading themselves as poets. But this article is not about the art. Days ago he released his latest ‘poem’ which is titled ‘Takana… ...

Eritrea officials call ‘Malawians’ mad

Jan 28, 2016 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 226 &

Eritrea says it is appalled with false claims making rounds on the social media that government in the Horn of Africa has ordered men to marry at least two wives. The Eritrean government officials have… ...

CEDEP, HRRC are selling Malawi’s sovereignty to slave masters

Jan 25, 2016 Beaton Galafa* 81 &

We have been reading UN complaints about Eritrea, the Gambia, Zimbabwe and a lot other African countries. We finally got one ourselves just last week. There was a case, one Ken Msonda voiced out his… ...

Malawi not ready to change gay laws

Jan 22, 2016 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 150 &

Solicitor General and Secretary for Justice, Janet Banda, has revealed that the Malawi government will not be bullied into changing the country’s anti-gay laws to embrace homosexuality. While echoing Justice Minister Samuel Tembenu's earlier remarks… ...

Magufuli bans miniskirts

Jan 18, 2016 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 193 &

Tanzania President John Magufuli has reportedly banned miniskirts on the belief that they are contributing towards the spread of HIV in that country. A darling among many Malawians who prefer him to Malawi President Peter… ...