Month: August 2019 Posts

MCP wants Mutharika, Ansah in court

Aug 10, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 3 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawyers in the presidential election case have asked the Constitutional Court to order President Peter Mutharika and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah to testify in court. The two are… ...

Chilima trends with military attire

Aug 08, 2019 Richard Jimu 0 &

UTM leader Saulos Chilima, the former Vice President who fell to his previous boss Peter Mutharika in the May 21 elections, stole the show in Blantyre at a post-election protest this week. Chilima stormed the… ...

Malawi Attorney General appeals ruling on demos

Aug 07, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 2 &

Malawi's Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale has appealed to the Supreme Court against a lower court ruling on his application to have the post-election demonstrations banned. Kaphale recently applied to the High Court for the ban… ...

Protesters riot

Aug 06, 2019 Russell Kondowe 1 &

Demonstrators in Lilongwe set fire to vehicles, looted shops and engaged in battles with the police as post-election protests descended into chaos. Protesters in the morning gathered at Simama Hotel with plans to march to… ...

Protesters torch police armoured vehicle, officer’s house

Aug 06, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Post-election protesters in Malawi's capital Lilongwe have set on fire a police armoured vehicle and a police officer's house. Demonstrators also grabbed teargas launchers from officers. The protesters in the morning gathered around Simama Hotel… ...

Police will disperse protesters – Malawi Govt

Aug 05, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The President Peter Mutharika led government has warned people planning to fill the streets tomorrow that the police will deal with them. According to the government, no City, District or Town Assembly or Council has… ...

HRDC to hold vigils from Tuesday to Wednesday

Aug 04, 2019 Martha Chikoti 1 &

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says it will hold vigils at Capital Hill in Lilongwe from Tuesday to Wednesday. The coalition announced the vigils at a press briefing in Lilongwe on Sunday. HRDC chairperson… ...