by Pilirani Semu-Banda – Malawi – In recent months, Malawi’s president, Bingu wa Mutharika, has embarked on a series of whistle-stop tours during week days. Consequently, female teachers feel compelled to dance for him for fear of reprisals from authorities.…
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Malawi Uses School Pupils for Politics
Tagged with: Africa, Child Rights, Education, Infrastructure, Malawi, Politics
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
On the Prowl for Private Body Parts
by Pilirani Semu-Banda – Malawi – A 15 month-old baby had gone missing in Malawi’s high density township in the country’s commercial capital Blantyre last month, only to be found dead five days later in a pit latrine not very…
Lone Woman Fights for Presidency in Malawi
by Pilirani Semu-Banda Malawi Last Christmas Eve, just days before Hilary Clinton announced her intentions to run for the US presidency, a woman parliamentarian in Malawi, Loveness Gondwe, also indicated her intentions to run in the 2009 presidential elections in…
Tagged with: Africa, Elections, gender equality, Loveness Gondwe, Malawi, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
