Representing the SADC
Finance minister Sosten Gwengwe says he is upbeat Malawi will get the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) saying talks with the IMF are on track. Government hopes the ECF will bring back to life the ailing economy. Gwengwe has expressed optimism that Malawi will get the facility, saying discussions are at advanced stage. Recently, as demanded … Read More “Malawi: Finance Minister Upbeat On IMF Facility” »
It’s been over 10 years since Kenya set a constitutional requirement of having at least one-third female members of parliament. Long after the deadline, Kenya still has the lowest number of elected women in East Africa. CNN’s Larry Madowo speaks with the women running to change that. Source: CNN Source link
Omar is native to Lamu, a conservative region near the Somali border, best known for its preserved Swahili culture and being a UNESCO heritage site. “If we’re to address the challenges we’re facing as women, young people, and indigenous communities, we have to take up the political battle as well,” she tells CNN. The 39-year-old … Read More “Harassed and abused, Kenya’s female politicians face a battle to get elected” »
Top UTM officials have been named in a serious funding scandal towards the spate of violent protests aimed at forcing President Dr Lazarus Chakwera to resign. This follows Vice President Saulos Chilima’s call to his boss, President Chakwera to remove presidential immunity from prosecution of crimes. The violent protesters, who have been damaging property and … Read More “Malawi: Exposed – Top UTM Officials Named in Demo Funding” »
Parliament was suspended on Thursday morning to allow the House leadership hold an emergency meeting to discuss a Private Member’s motion by Dowa West MP Abel Kayembe who is questioning the selling of Gam Fuels Gas Station at Kanengo in Lilongwe. This is after Members of Parliament expressed interest to probe and get to the … Read More “Malawi: Parliament Suspends Deliberations Over Dubious Sale of Filling Station” »
Since July 25, anti-UN protests have raged on in the DRC’s eastern region, with 36 people — including four peacekeepers — dead and 170 wounded as of Wednesday, the DRC government told CNN. Protesters are demanding the withdrawal of UN forces from the central African country for failing to rein in rebel groups in the … Read More “UN soldiers have come under attack in the DRC from locals who want them out. Here’s why.” »
The Minister of Education Agnes NyaLonje has disclosed that the current administration is devising stringent measures to decisively deal with factors that have lately contributed to the lowering of standards of education in Malawi. NyaLonje said some of the measures have already started bearing fruits, citing an end to examination leakage, which were the order … Read More “Malawi: Govt Gets Tough On Exam Cheating” »
Blantyre, Malawi — Malawi’s nurses’ union is urging President Lazarus Chakwera to allow about 2,000 nurses to work in the United States and Saudi Arabia, after the government ordered the plan be stopped. The National Organization of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) announced the plan a month ago, saying the nurses were forced to … Read More “Malawi Government Stops Plans to ‘Export’ Unemployed Nurses” »
A Business may wish to protect certain trade secrets and confidential information from access to third parties and the public in general. Non-Disclosure Agreements, which are also known as confidentiality agreements offer alternative protection, aside from the more common ways of protecting business interests such as copyrights or patents and especially for interests that do … Read More “Non-Disclosure Agreements: The Best Business Practice For Protecting Confidentiality | The African Exponent.” »
Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said in televised remarks that Robow, who once had a $5 million US bounty on his head before he split from Al-Shabaab in 2013, would serve as the minister in charge of religion. Robow publicly denounced his membership of the Islamist sect in 2017 and pledged his support to Somali … Read More “Somalia names former Al-Shabaab spokesperson as minister” »
