Botswana have qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time, while defending champions Egypt are facing the prospect of missing out.
The managers of Madonna’s charity in Malawi have been ousted after they squandered $3,8-million on a school that will never be built.
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/ 23 February 2011
Zimbabwean police detained 46 people, including a former lawmaker, for attending a lecture and discussion group on mass uprisings in Egypt.
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/ 4 February 2011
Malawian lawmakers will next week debate a law change to criminalise public farting.
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/ 22 January 2011
Elders have accused Madonna of letting them down, and the Malawi government has admitted it does not know what her long-term plans entail.
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/ 13 January 2011
A journalist for a newspaper the Malawian government had tried to ban was released on bail after being accused of threatening a Member of Parliament.
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/ 12 January 2011
A Malawian rights group said it had paid fines to secure the release of three elderly women sent to prison for witchcraft.
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/ 15 October 2010
Campaigners plan to pressure president to release 86 mostly elderly women accused by children of teaching them witchcraft.
In a televised state address Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika threatened to close down newspapers "that lie and tarnish my government’s image".
A device aimed at measuring the body’s immune
response to HIV on site could ‘revolutionise’ Aids care in poor, under-resourced areas.
The gay couple in Malawi, who were spared a prison sentence by a pardon, said on Tuesday they have split nearly six months after the wedding.
A Malawian gay couple who received a presidential pardon for sodomy have called President Bingu wa Mutharika a "caring father".
A gay couple from Malawi have kept out of the public eye after being pardoned and freed, in what a relative said was a deliberate decision.
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika on Saturday pardoned a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in jail after he held a meeting with the UN’s Ban Ki-moon.
Readers react to Zapiro’s Prophet Muhammed cartoon and a spokesperson for Minister Sicelo Shiceka takes on the <i><I>M&G</I></i> after our expose.
The United States, Europe and rights groups expressed outrage and alarm on Friday at Malawi’s jailing of a married gay couple.
The UN’s top human rights official has condemned the sentencing of two gay men in Malawi as "blatantly discriminatory".
A Malawi court has sentenced a gay couple to the maximum 14 years in prison for unnatural acts and gross indecency.
A gay couple in Malawi was found guilty on Tuesday of unnatural acts and gross indecency after a trial that drew worldwide condemnation.
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Malawi church leaders say that homosexuality is "sinful" and urge Western nations to withdraw threats to halt aid to the Southern Africa country.
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/ 24 February 2010
Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday refused to hear the case of a gay couple arrested for holding the nation’s first public same-sex wedding.
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/ 16 February 2010
Police in Malawi say they have arrested a 60-year-old man in what they describe as a sweep against homosexuals.
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/ 13 February 2010
In a land dispute pitting Madonna against Malawian villagers, the government has sided with the pop star, saying it had planned to develop the plot.
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/ 11 February 2010
Malawian officials said on Thursday that they have moved scores of villagers from land where US pop diva Madonna plans to build a girls academy.
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/ 3 February 2010
A man has been arrested for putting up posters championing gay rights, police said, adding they were searching for others involved in the campaign.
A series of quakes has left people too frightened to sleep indoors until a geological survey is concluded.
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/ 19 January 2010
Malawi on Tuesday defended the country’s first trial of a newly wed gay couple charged with "gross indecency".
A court in Malawi on Monday denied bail to two men arrested after becoming the first gay couple to marry in the conservative African country.
If its wildlife is to be preserved, more income from the tourists who flock to safari parks must find its way to local people.
The first gay couple to marry in Malawi face a humiliating medical examination aimed at proving they have had sexual relations.