The Malawi government has yet to repay seven-million dollars to the European Union after the funds, intended for the health budget, went missing last August.
Widespread hunger, poverty, political intolerance, crime, and human rights abuses are a major threat to democracy in Malawi, according to a report issued on Friday by the country's human rights commission.
Malawi's President Bakili Muluzi has fired deputy transport and public works minister Jan Sonke, Muluzi's office said on Tuesday, after Sonke wrote him a strongly worded letter opposing a bid for a third term in office.
Malawi President Bakili Muluzi has finally accepted a narrow defeat he suffered when parliament rejected the controversial bill that was designed to scrap presidential term limits in the country.
Armed police have besieged Malawi's university in
Zomba, patrolling the campus after a student protest, as well as main roads and selected points in the sleepy town.
