Opposition parties in Malawi has called a has called upon President Bingu wa Mutharika to resign or face immediately saying he has failed to provide a rescue plan for Malawi. The call was made by Alliance for Democracy (Aford) National Chairperson Enock Chihaning The call comes after Malawi is facing economic Challenges such as shortage of fuel, foreign exchange and increase in food prices. - This comes after Malawi is facing economic Challenges such as shortage of fuel, foreign exchange and increase in food prices. According to Malawi online newspaper Nyasa Times Chihana made the scathing call during a public rally he addressed at the Katoto Freedom Park in Mzuzu on Friday. “…

Against all odds president Joseph Kabila has won the Democratic Republic of Congo's election, provisional results show. Kambial who took over from his late father Laurent obtained 49% of the vote against 32% for veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, the election commission chief said. - The announcement has been delayed since Tuesday, with election officials blaming logistical problems. The opposition has complained of fraud and security is tight in the capital, Kinshasa, amid fears of violence. According to BCC riot police are patrolling the streets of the capital, which is seen as an opposition stronghold fearing demonstrations reports. Many shops and stalls in the ci…

South Africa's governing ANC has found the embattled youth leader Julius Malema guilty of bringing the party into disrepute and has been subsequently suspended. Malema, who did not attend the announcement of the verdict, was found guilty of three of the four charges brought against him, said Derek Hanekom, who headed a disciplinary hearing. - Malema was found guilty of disrupting a national ANC meeting, of bringing the party into disrepute by calling for regime change in Botswana, and of provoking serious divisions within the party by praising Thabo Mbeki, who was sacked as party president and then removed as state president by the ANC three years ago. "Ill-discipline is not a c…

Malawi state vice president Joyce Banda has applied for an asylum permit in Zambia fearing a possible arrest by government on treason charges. This comes after the Media reported that government is planning to arrest Banda upon arrival at Chileka Airport in the commercial city of Blantyre. - According to Zambia local press , Banda who was expected to leave for Malawi made an unceremonious return to Pamodzi hotel midday Tuesday after confirming about her arrest warrant. Banda flew to Zambia on Sunday October 23rd, 2011 to attend the country’s 47th independence celebrations on Monday, October, 24 at the invitations of new Zambia’s leader, Michael Sata. Sources familiar with t…

Malawi's government plans to arrest the state vice president, Joyce Banda, when she returns from Zambia where she is attending the country's 47th independence celebrations on Monday October 24 on charges of treason. Banda flew to Zambia on Sunday morning after receiving a telephone call from Zambia's president Sata on the evening of Thursday, requesting her to be part of the celebrations in the neighbouring country. - According to inside sources government is planning to arrest Banda upon arrival at Chileka Airport in the commercial city of Blantyre. Impeccable information suggests that governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been fabricating strategy documents im…

Malawi government has finally apologized to Zambia's president Michael Sata after he was harshly deported and pronounced persona non grata. The announcement was made by the office of the president through secretary Bright Msaka on state broadcaster MBC. - The apology comes after Sata shunned the ongoing COMESA Summit currently taking place in Malawi demanding an apology from that country’s president Bingu Wa Mutharika However Malawi government earlier refused to apologize, a move which political analysts say will affect diplomatic relationship with its neighbouring country . Msaka further disclosed that apart from Sata, Malawi has also reversed its decision on the deported B…

- Former Malawi President Dr. Bakili Muluzi who was receiving medical treatment in South Africa is expected to arrive in the country on Saturday, March 24 following the arest of his son Atupele. Muluzi has been forced to cut treatment short after police arrested Atupele who is also a presidential candidate for United Democratic Front in the coming 2014 general election ,Atupele who was arrested on Tuesday was charged with inciting violence. According to local media Muluzi have been given a 15 day holiday by his doctors to attend the arrest of his son Speaking with local press the former President condemned the arrest and called for the immediate release of his so…

- Opposition parties in Malawi has called President Bingu wa Mutharika to resign or face immediately impeachment saying he has failed to provide a rescue plan for Malawi. The call was made by Alliance for Democracy (Aford) National Chairperson Enock Chihana The call comes after Malawi is facing economic Challenges such as shortage of fuel, foreign exchange and increase in food prices According to Malawi online newspaper Nyasa Times Chihana made the scathing call during a public rally he addressed at the Katoto Freedom Park in Mzuzu on Friday. “Where is this country going with this person ? We know where we are coming from but Mutharika is leading this country into highw…

- Opposition parties in Malawi has called a has called upon President Bingu wa Mutharika to resign or face immediately saying he has failed to provide a rescue plan for Malawi. The call was made by Alliance for Democracy (Aford) National Chairperson Enock Chihaning The call comes after Malawi is facing economic Challenges such as shortage of fuel, foreign exchange and increase in food prices According to Malawi online newspaper Nyasa Times Chihana made the scathing call during a public rally he addressed at the Katoto Freedom Park in Mzuzu on Friday. “Where is this country going with this person ? We know where we are coming from but Mutharika is leading this country in…

- Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika almost meet his fate when his helicopter nearly get clashed because of bad weather on his fright to his home village Thyolo District in the southern region of Malawi The presidential helicopter was forced to land in Dedza According to State house officials Mutharika was going to attend the celebrate the golden jubilee of priesthood for emeritus Bishop Felix Mkhori, who clocks 50 years. “The plane had landed in Dedza with Mutharika and his wife Callista” said a top government official. The incident failed Mutharika to attend the function a development which forced his brother Peter Mutharika to replace him as the guest of hon…

- Thursday afternoon Malawi Parliament turned into a boxing ring after Thyolo North MP Anita Kalinde and Minister of Home Affairs and National Defense Aaron Sangala involved in a physic According to eye witnesses the fight started after Sangala made an allegation that Anita Kalinde and her former husband late Marshall Mdukulira Mbwatalika, 'The Dukes' used to trade in human body parts. The incident occurred during the afternoon session in parliament after Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security presented a report on the death of Polytechnic Student Robert Chasowa and MPs asked the minister to clarify some issues. As the minister was responding to questions from membe…

- Vice president for Malawi ruling party DPP Yunus Mussa was forced to call the Malawi president Bingu Wamutharika on cell phone during a press conference to refute rumors circulating in the country that he was critically ill and had died Mussa who was accompanied by presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba organised a news conference in Lilongwe on Monday to prove that the President was alive. Mussa telephoned Mutharika in Hong Kong to speak to a journalist and prove that he was fit and well. . The 78-year-old Mutharika, reportedly furious with the death rumours, told the journalist that he was is “sound health” and that his wife Callista was also well. During the phone…

- South Africa ANC youth league executive is working on a plan B to device a reaction to the suspension of its militant president Julius Malema Sindiso Magaqa, the youth league's secretary-general, said the league will hold a meeting this weekend which will consider the implications of the rulings of the ANC national disciplinary committee and "map out the way forward". "The ANCYL has already formally registered its outrage at the fact that the disciplinary committee has meted out sanctions without affording the charged members their fundamental right to present mitigating circumstances," he said. "This is one of the most basic and primary rights afforded t…

- Two masks gang bike shot dead a young woman who was dropping her son at a preschool on Tuesday 9th November 2011 in South Africa in the Pretoria suburb of Faerie Glen. However it is reported that the young woman had told her father that a motorcyclist had followed her to work on Monday. According to South Africa Time Live online newspaper Chanelle Henning's father, Irvin Saincic, 49, told his daughter to be careful. But without knowing that two people on the same bike were waiting for her yesterday at about 7am outside her home in the Pretoria suburb of Faerie Glen. Henning drove out to drop her Son at School. Minutes later, the bike came racing up behind her as she pulled…

- Malawi state vice president Joyce Banda says she will return back home on Thursday despite a plot by government to arrest her upon arrival on treason charges Banda,s arrival comes against media reports that she is seeking asylum in zambia where she went to attend independence celebration at the invitation of president Michael Sata. According to Zambia press Banda was reported to have applied for asylum in the country after she failed to return Wednesday when the media reported about the arrest But her Peoples Party officials told Malawi online newspaper Nyasa Times the vice president is not moved and she will return on Thursday “ arrest or no arrest”. Speaking to Nyasa…

- The new Zambia president Micheal Sata has refused to recognize his neighbor Malawi president Bingu Wamutharika at his country’s 47th independence celebration but extended his invitation to vice president Joyce Banda and former president Bakili Muluzi who happens to be Mutharikas number one enemies in politics. The 47th independence celebrations for Zambia will be held on Monday October 24 in Lusaka and will be the first for Sata as head of state after being elected a month ago. In an invitation to Malawi former president, Sata also asked Muluzi’s son, Atupele who has also shown interest to contest as a presidential candidate for United Democratic Front in the coming ge…

- International fugitive Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has been given a tight security as he attend the two day 15th Summit of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa taking place in Malawi. Bashir landed in Malawi on Thursday 14 October 14, 2011 with his 26-member delegation was welcomed by special convoy full of armed security guards both from Malawi police service and the defense force. The development comes after human Rights Watch demanded that Malawi arrest and hand over Al Bashir to the International Criminal Court of Justice. Bashir is wanted on charges of heinous crimes-include genocide, committed in Darfur. “Bashir is a criminal and Malawi should uphold its commitment to…