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FILE: Bushiri and his wife were arrested in South Africa in 2020 for fraud and money laundering, but they fled to Malawi later that same year. Picture: @psbushiri/Twitter

Malawi

There's some promising movement in extradition of the Bushiris

By Keely Goodall

John Perlman spoke to foreign affairs journalist Peter Fabricius about what we could see in this case.

  • FILE: Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera. Picture: @LazarusChakwera/Twitter.

    Malawi steeply devalues currency to shore up forex reserves

    The last time the country saw a major currency devaluation was in 2012 when the Malawian kwacha was devalued by 33%.

    73 days ago
  • FILE: Luxor in Egypt. Picture: Pixabay.com.

    Africa Day: 5 countries to visit on the continent that won't break the bank

    If you don’t feel like taking excessively long flights, take advantage of living on one of the diverse continents in the world, and travel around Africa.

    75 days ago
  • Flag of Malawi. Picture: Pixabay.com

    Malawi declares polio outbreak

    The Malawian health authorities have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in the capital Lilongwe, the WHO said.

    171 days ago
  • Malawi Congress Party, MCP, leader Lazarus Chakwera addresses supporters at Mtandire locations in the suburb of the capital Lilongwe where he held his final rally, 20 June 2020. Picture: AFP

    Malawi swears in new govt after sackings over graft

    “Do not accept a gift in exchange for using your office to give someone preferential treatment in the administration of a public service," Chakwera said at the swearing-in ceremony. "That is corruption.”

    189 days ago
  • FILE: Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera. Picture: @LazarusChakwera/Twitter.

    Malawi president fires seven ministers over graft

    Scandal brewed in December when the then minister of lands, Kezzie Msukwa, was arrested on allegations that he had received a bribe from a wealthy businessman to give him land.

    191 days ago
  • People walk through flood water after several houses were affected by rising water following heavy rains in 67 Hectares neighbourhood in Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar, on January 24, 2022. Antananarivo and several regions of Madagascar have been hit by strong tropical storms that have left over 30 people dead and more than 62,000 people affected, according to the authorities. Picture: RIJASOLO / AFP

    Deadly storm Ana strands tens of thousands in southern Africa

    The death toll stood at 86 across Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi, as rescue crews battled on to access regions where roads and bridges had washed away.

    191 days ago
  • FILE: Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera. Picture: @LazarusChakwera/Twitter.

    Malawi leader names new cabinet, retains most ministers he fired

    Chakwera sacked his entire 33-member cabinet on Monday, vowing to 'confront all forms of lawless conduct by public officials'.

    192 days ago
  • FILE: Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera. Picture: @LazarusChakwera/Twitter.

    Malawi's president fires entire cabinet over graft

    Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday sacked his entire cabinet over graft concerns, vowing to 'confront all forms of lawless conduct by public officials'.

    195 days ago
  • FILE: Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera. Picture: @LazarusChakwera/Twitter.

    Malawi blasts 'Afrophobic' virus travel bans

    Dozens of countries have barred flights from southern Africa in a bid to keep the variant, named Omicron, off their shores.

    252 days ago
  • Flag of Malawi. Picture: Pixabay.com

    Malawi's ex-deputy speaker shoots himself dead in parliament

    Clement Chiwaya, who was 50, killed himself inside the parliament building, where he had gone to discuss vehicle benefits entitled to him when he left office in 2019.

    311 days ago
  • FILE: Hundreds of people seeking to get vaccinated were turned away from Malawi's main Kamuzu Central Hospital in the capital Lilongwe this week. Picture: AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP

    Malawi runs out of coronavirus vaccines as second jabs due

    Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo said that batch of 900,000 vaccines had been delayed by a recent surge in coronavirus cases in India, the world's main AstraZeneca supplier, which forced the country to temporarily halt major vaccine exports.

    414 days ago
  • FILE: Some of the duty-free alcohol sold by Lesotho diplomats in South Africa. Picture: Supplied

    Diplomats caught in booze selling scandal given 72 hours to leave SA

    Eyewitness News last year uncovered a duty-free alcohol ring run by Lesotho diplomats.

    421 days ago
  • The presidents of Mozambique, South Africa, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana attend the SADC Extraordinary Double Troika to discuss insecurity in the region on 27 May 2021. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Regional talks end with no solid plan to quell jihadist violence in Mozambique

    The talks had been widely expected to decide on a reported proposal to deploy some 3,000 soldiers to Cabo Delgado, where insurgents have seized control of towns and villages, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.

    437 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Extraordinary Double Troika Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held in Maputo, Republic of Mozambique, on 8 April 2021. The summit deliberated measures to address terrorism in the Republic of Mozambique. Picture: GCIS.

    Southern African leaders to hold summit on jihadist threat

    The meeting is expected to discuss the possibility of SADC deploying 3,000 troops to battle the insurgents.

    438 days ago
  • FILE: Vials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and a syringe. Picture: Joel Saget/AFP.

    Malawi destroys 17,000 expired AstraZeneca vaccines

    The southern African country has so far received three batches of the AstraZeneca vaccine 300,000 doses under the Covax vaccine sharing facility, 50,000 from India and 102,000 from the African Union.

    445 days ago
  • FILE: In a landmark ruling on Wednesday, Supreme Court judges hearing an appeal by a murder convict declared the death penalty "unconstitutional", de facto abolishing the punishment.  Picture: Supplied.

    Malawi scraps 'unconstitutional' death penalty

    Capital punishment has long been mandatory in Malawi for prisoners convicted of murder or treason, and optional for rape.

    466 days ago
  • FILE: Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera. Picture: @LazarusChakwera/Twitter.

    Malawi president fires minister over COVID-19 funds

    In a televised address to the nation, Chakwera said the minister was named in an audit report as having listed the funds in his allowances for the travel to South Africa.

    476 days ago
  • FILE: British legal firm Leigh Day said on Sunday that it wanted financial redress for the women from their Malawi employer, Lujeri Tea Estates, and its British parent company PGI Group Ltd.Picture: EWN.

    UK conglomerate sued over rape allegations by Malawi tea workers

    The complaint filed in London's High Court says women harvesting tea and macadamia nuts for Lujeri in southern Malawi were subject to at least 10 instances of rape and other violence at the hands of male supervisors.

    497 days ago
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