Floods leave Angolan returnees stranded
By Sarah | January 10, 2012
IRIN News, 6 January 2012
Several thousand Angolan returnees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded by floods in northeastern Angola. They are among the first casualties of what promises to be a very wet rainy season in parts of southern Africa. Read the rest of this entry »
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Malawi’s courts grind to a halt amid pay dispute
By Sarah | January 10, 2012
Mail & Guardian, 10 January 2012
Malawi’s courts ground to a halt on Monday as some 2 000 judicial workers began an indefinite strike over work conditions and higher pay, organisers said.
“All 200 courts, from the high courts to magistrate courts, have closed down,” said Austin Kamanga, a spokesperson of the Judicial Action Group spearheading the strike in the poor Southern African nation. Read the rest of this entry »
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Southern Africa – prospects for 2012
By Tony | January 4, 2012
ACTSA’s director, Tony Dykes, considers what will be happening in southern Africa in 2012.
Parliamentary Elections are due to be held in Angola by the end of year. In Lesotho and the Seychelles elections for their National Assembly are due to take place and in the DRC following the disputed parliamentary and presidential elections of 2011 provincial elections are due on 25 February 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
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Malawi’s vice president seeks asylum in Zambia
By Sarah | October 27, 2011
AfricaNews.com, 26 October 2011
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. Read the rest of this entry »
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Malawi’s Mutharika turns to court in vice president row
By Sarah | October 14, 2011
AFP, 12 October 2011
Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika has turned to the courts in his deepening feud with his deputy, his lawyer said Wednesday, in a move aimed at finding a way to push her from office. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mutharika dissolves Malawi’s Cabinet
By Campaigns | August 23, 2011
Mail and Guardian, 20 August
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has sacked his 42 member Cabinet and taken over all portfolios weeks after deadly anti-government riots killed 19 people. Read the rest of this entry »
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COSATU criticises SADC leadership and calls for Day of Action
By Mark | August 18, 2011
Congress of South African Trade Unions calls on SADC leaders to act now in defence of democracy in Southern Africa
COSATU, 17 August 2011
The Congress of South African Trade Unions notes that the 31st Ordinary Summit of SADC heads of states and government begins today in Luanda, Angola to discuss various issues affecting the region.
We are however very disappointed by the behaviour of the in-coming Chairperson of SADC, Angola’s President Jose Dos Santos who refused entry into Angola for about 17 civil society activists and leaders from the region, as well as two Mozambican journalists, whilst also seizing publications belonging to Zimbabwean activists. This is unacceptable, particularly coming from someone assigned with the responsibility of providing leadership to the whole region at a time when the challenge of democracy, human rights and economic justice are daunting throughout the region. This also brings into question Angola’s own record of freedom of political activity, free flow of information and right to expression. Read the rest of this entry »
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Human Rights Watch statement on SADC
By Campaigns | August 10, 2011
Human Rights Watch, August 9
Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) should address the worrying human rights situations in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Angola, Human Rights Watch said in a letter today to Dr. Tomaz Salomão, the executive secretary. Human Rights Watch also urged SADC leaders, at their meeting in Luanda,Angola from August 16 to 18, 2011, to promote and strengthen the human rights mandate of the regional tribunal, rather than weaken it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Malawi devalues currency
By Campaigns | August 10, 2011
Times Live, August 10
Malawi’s central bank announced that it had devalued its currency by ten percent in the hope of reviving a stalled programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Read the rest of this entry »
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Malawi risks becoming next Zim, says protest leader
By Campaigns | August 2, 2011
Mail and Guardian, July 30
Malawi, once considered a southern African success story, risks going down the same road as regional basket case Zimbabwe, said the leader of recent anti-government protests that left 19 dead.
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