By Emmanuel Muwamba – The Public Affairs Committee (PAC), a grouping of religious leaders in Malawi, has criticised the administration of President Bingu wa Mutharika saying the government has lost direction for ordering to deport a British envoy. On Wednesday, PAC condemned the government intention to expel the British High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyet. Government has refused to comment on the issue. The Malawi Government on Monday gave the British High Commissioner 72 hours to leave Malawi after he called President Mutharika “autocratic, combative and intolerant of criticism”. Cochrane-Dyet was summoned to a meeting with the Foreign Minister Etta Banda on... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, April 21st 2011 |
By Emmanuel Muwamba – Britain on Tuesday issued a stern warning to Malawi warning that expelling its High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyte is unacceptable and has consequences. The warning follows the summoning of the High Commissioner by the Malawi Government on Monday over a leaked telegram from the British High Commission in Lilongwe which among others labelled President Bingu wa Mutharika as dictator. The Malawi Government in a swift reaction gave the High Commissioner 72 hours deportation order on Monday afternoon. But the British Government on Tuesday warned of consequences if the High Commissioner was expelled. The diplomatic row could put... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, April 21st 2011 |
By Emmanuel Muwamba – The Malawi Government on Monday deported the British High Commissioner, Fergus Cochrane-Dyet, following an article published on Saturday (April 16) quoting leaked diplomatic telegram. Cochrane-Dyet was given 72 hours on Monday to leave the country. The British High Commission press and political affairs office told the press that Cochrane-Dyet was summoned by Foreign Affairs Minister Professor Etta Banda over the article. The article which quoted a leaked diplomatic telegram published in the Weekend Nation described President Bingu wa Mutharika as a dictator. “President Mutharika is becoming ever more autocratic and intolerant of criticism. In a public... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, April 20th 2011 |
By Emmanuel Muwamba – Council for the University of Malawi has fired three lecturers at Chancellor College, the main constituent college of University of Malawi who defied its directive to return to class. The lecturers have been fighting for academic freedom following the summoning of their colleague by police boss, Peter Mukhito, over an example he gave in class when he likened the uprising in Egypt and Tunisia to the scarcity of fuel in Malawi. The lecturers are demanding a guarantee of their academic freedom and want Mukhito to apologise over the incident. Mukhito however has refused to apologise arguing... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, March 31st 2011 |
By Nawa Mutumweno, Reporting for Shout-Africa.com – The long-awaited COMESA Monetary Institute (CMI) meant to fast-track the realization of the regional economic bloc’s Monetary Co-operation Programme has commenced operations in March 2011. According to the latest COMESA e-newsletter, the monetary cooperation programme’s ultimate aim is to create the COMESA Monetary Union in the year 2018. The institute was officially launched on March 7, 2011 at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies in Nairobi. The creation of the CMI was decided by the 13th meeting of the COMESA Committee of Governors of Central Banks which took place in Cairo, Egypt in... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, March 19th 2011 |
