Felix Mponda
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Malawi riots a harbinger of change
The deadly anti-government riots against President Bingu wa Mutharika in Malawi are a signal that public anger will not be silenced.
Malawi takes it down a notch, says ‘hero’ funeral can go ahead
After initially forbidding a mass funeral for people slain in anti-government protests to take place, Malawi authorities have had a change of heart.
Malawi’s ‘witches’ challenge colonial-era sorcery law
When Kanthukako Supaunyolo’s grandson woke up in the night with a nosebleed, his parents were enraged by what they saw as a bad omen.
Malawi election to give public verdict on political feud
Malawi’s presidential elections on Tuesday will give voters their first say on a years-long power struggle that has paralysed the government.
Malawi’s forests go up in smoke, thanks to smokers
Malawi’s forests are vanishing, victims of the world’s taste for cigarettes and the eternal search by local people for wood for cooking and heating. The small country holds…
Malawi elections: ‘A big day to choose a president’
Voters in Malawi went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new president and Parliament in the third multiparty elections since the end of dictatorial rule in the Southern African…