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When Joyce Banda was sworn in as president on 7th April, following the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, she was faced with an uphill struggle. Her constitutionally-ordained succession had been briefly resisted by several members of Mutharika's cabinet and she had to establish her authority and move quickly to put right policies that had moved the country back towards
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Blantyre - Malawian President Joyce Banda on Friday announced an inquiry into an alleged plot by the inner circle of the country's late former leader to block her rise to power following his death. "By public demand, I have decided to immediately set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the circumstances and intent of the alleged coup plot," Banda
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Blantyre - Malawi's devaluation of its currency by a third against the dollar provoked a strike over wages at the country's largest mine, condemned by the Australian firm's management on Tuesday. Mining company Paladin's uranium mine was operating at 65% capacity after a "small militant core" of the estimated 1 000 workers downed tools illegally, the company said in a
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Malawi's central bank devalued the country's currency by about 48% on Monday, in line with a demand by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). As per the new exchange rate, 250 kwacha would be worth $1 on the official market. Last week, 168 kwacha bought a US greenback. The new price is closer to the black market rate. "Following this devaluation,
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Nairobi — President Joyce Banda of Malawi announced on Friday that Sudan's president, Omer Al-Bashir, is not welcome to attend an African Union (AU) summit in her country, citing "economic implications." Malawi has already suffered a loss of $350 million in US aid money, suspended by Washington which cited deteriorating human rights conditions and the country's decision to allow Al-Bashir
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Blantyre - President Joyce Banda on Thursday sacked Malawi's former first lady from a controversial job, in her latest purging of late president Bingu wa Mutharika's allies. Banda's office announced in a statement that well-known rights activist Dorothy Ngema will be the new co-ordinator for safe motherhood, removing Mutharika's widow Callista who had occupied the position for two years. The
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Blantyre - Malawian President Joyce Banda, who took office on April 7 after her predecessor's sudden death, said on Monday that the country's agriculture-dominated economy was in a "total mess". She also urged her Cabinet to speak frankly to the public about the severity of Malawi's challenges. "Be free to advise me, and not think Malawians are fools because they
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Malawian President Joyce Banda has announced her new 23-member cabinet, which includes members from various political parties. According to AFP, the president has placed herself as the Commander in chief of the Defence forces and the 8,000 man strong Malawi police force. She is also in charge of the civil service, disaster management, nutrition, and HIV and AIDS. Various changes
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MALAWI's new president, Joyce Banda, has fired the aid-dependent nation's central bank governor and named a telecoms CEO to replace him, state radio said on Wednesday, getting rid of another of her predecessor's men as she tries to woo back donors. Banda has chosen Charles Chuka, head of the southern African country's largest fixed-line operator, MTL, to head the Reserve
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Blantyre - Malawi's new president Joyce Banda vowed on Wednesday to allow foreign diplomats to work freely, seeking to improve donor ties strained under the late leader Bingu wa Mutharika. Banda spoke as she named career diplomat Bernard Sande as the new ambassador to Britain, one day after London resumed full diplomatic ties with Malawi and ended a year-long diplomatic
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Britain is resuming full diplomatic ties with Malawi, a year after the southern African nation expelled the British ambassador for criticising the president, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday. Former envoy Fergus Cochrane-Dyet was booted from Malawi when a diplomatic cable released by the WikiLeaks website showed that he had criticised then-president Bingu wa Mutharika, and Malawi responded in
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Blantyre - Malawi's former president, who died of a heart attack earlier this month, has been buried after a funeral service that drew African leaders and thousands of Malawian mourners. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Mwai Kibaki of Kenya and Armando Guebuza of Mozambique were among the heads of state at Monday's Catholic service in Blantyre, Malawi's commercial capital. President Bingu
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If women activists are excited, it is because this represents progress in Southern Africa as we ebb closer to 2015, in which 50% of women should be in decision-making positions according to the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. But, who is Joyce Banda and what are the political trials that await her as she assumes power? Her ascendance to
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Malawian President Joyce Banda led thousands of mourners Monday at the parliament building to view the body of the late leader Bingu wa Mutharika, who died earlier this month. About 3,000 ordinary Malawians queued outside the buildings as the country mourned the sudden death of Mutharika, who died on April 5 after a heart attack. "I wanted to be one
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A sombre mood fell over Malawi as truckloads of people arrived to welcome the remains of late president Bingu wa Mutharika, due back from South Africa Saturday following a fatal heart attack. Hundreds of people gathered at Kamuzu International Airport in the capital Lilongwe to await the South African military plane carrying the body of a man known at the
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The remains of former Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika will be taken to his home country this weekend, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Friday. Spokesman Siphiwe Dlamini said the remains would be flown from the Waterkloof Air Force Base on Saturday. "The former president will be accorded the farewell ceremony befitting his stature. "This is but one
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Malawi prides itself on being a peaceful, friendly and law-abiding country, but it is also well-known for occasional lurches in the opposite direction. The recent transfer of power, from President Bingu wa Mutharika, who died on 5th April of a heart-attack, to his Vice-President, Joyce Banda, is well within this tradition. Although he had loathed Joyce Banda almost from the
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A heavy presence of army and police is reported on the streets of the Swaziland capital, Mbabane, today (11 April 2012) in anticipation of protests due across the kingdom. Police roadblocks have also been mounted around the city. One unconfirmed report circulating on social networks says three leaders of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), one of the trade
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Malawi's new President, Ms Joyce Banda, has taken some bold steps in her first week as President. She started by firing Inspector General of Police Peter Mukhito, who was appointed by the late President Bingu wa Mutharika two years ago. Inspector General Mukhito was accused of instilling a climate of fear in Malawians including arbitrary arrests and the shooting of
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Lilongwe - Malawi's late president Bingu wa Mutharika will be buried on 23 April at his sprawling farm outside the nation's commercial hub Blantyre, a foreign ministry official said on Tuesday. Mutharika's remains are set to return on Thursday from South Africa, where he was airlifted following his fatal heart attack on 05 April, the official said, speaking on condition
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Blantyre - The remains of Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika will be flown from South Africa to Malawi on Thursday, a Foreign Affairs ministry official told AFP. "An official announcement will be made today but the late president will be flown by a South African military plane," the official said on Monday. After suffering a heart attack on Thursday, Mutharika
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Blantyre - Malawi's new President Joyce Banda has fired the nation's police chief and hired a new one, her office said on Monday, two days after she took office following her predecessor's death. Banda has "appointed commissioner Lot Dzonzi as the new inspector general of police with effect from April 8", replacing former top cop Peter Mukhito, said a statement
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Malawi's Joyce Banda on Saturday told supporters there was no room for revenge as she was sworn in as Africa's second only female head of state in modern times after the death of the divisive Bingu wa Mutharika. Banda offered the conciliatory words following two days of political intrigue in which Mutharika's inner circle tried to block her assuming the
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Blantyre - Soldiers on Saturday took over security at Malawi's state radio and television in the commercial hub Blantyre to ensure a "peaceful transition" following the president's death, an army spokesperson said. "There was need to ensure a peaceful transition of power from a civilian government to another civilian government as enshrined in the republican Constitution," army spokesperson, Lieutenant Fran
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Malawi's Vice President Joyce Banda will be sworn in later Saturday as the nation's new leader, following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, an information ministry official told AFP. Banda will become Malawi's first female leader, two days after a heart attack killed 78-year-old Mutharika. "This afternoon the information that I have from my seniors is the right honourable Joyce
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