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Understanding “Fake News” and Internet Shutdowns in Africa0
- Africa, culture, Democracy, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Malawi, Social Media
- 09.10.2017.
PhotoCredit : BBC Africa In 2016 after attending my first Re:publica, a techie conference in Berlin, I wrote of a need for Africa to have what I called a “collective thinking space” where like-minded actors on the African continent would converge to share ideas and inspire each other. The Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa, 2017 (FIFAfrica17) just
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Malawi – 56 Years After Dunduzu K. Chisiza’s “Realities of African Independence”0
- Democracy, Governance, Malawi, Politics
- 28.07.2017.
“Vindictiveness directed at the opposition parties has its nemesis when tables are turned – not to mention the adverse effect of the resultant strife on economic development.” Dunduzu Kaluli Chisiza In his futuristic 1961 book “Realities of African Independence”, Dunduzu Kaluli Chisiza envisioned some of the problems that newly independent African States would face. He
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Alcohol and Mental Health in Malawi0
- Malawi, Mental Health
- 05.07.2017.
Sometimes you get a feeling that Malawi is a country in a permanent state of socio-political and economic crisis; from newspaper headlines, political speeches to random chats on social media one wonders how the inhabitants of this peaceful beautiful country get-by day-by-day. The problem is, as I have argued before, because Malawi leaders always opt
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Malawi’s plans for major electoral reform are way overdue0
Malawi is set for a major overhaul of its winner-takes-all electoral system with far-reaching implications for the country, if ongoing efforts to reform the system bear fruit. Any changes in the voting system will represent the biggest overhaul of the country’s electoral system since it became a multiparty state in the mid 1990s. This followed
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Fake News is about Journalism, Not Social Media0
- Africa, Freedom of Expression, Journalism, Malawi, Media, Press Freedom
- 13.03.2017.
The BBC recently had their Africa debate in Blantyre, Malawi. The debate was on whether “journalism in Africa is threatened by fake news”. The BBC said they had the debate in Malawi because Malawians are keen and royal listeners of BBC World Service. What came out clearly in the course of the debate was that
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Even With Access to Information, Malawi Needs Whistle-blowers0
- Freedom of Expression, Malawi, Media
- 22.02.2017.
On 6th August 2016 one of Malawi’s two dailies, The Nation newspaper reported that Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs had started an exercise that would result in all public servants taking oath of secrecy in all government Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The Justice Ministry did not speak to the media but the then Minister
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Malawi and Zambia Get Maized0
- Africa, Development, Malawi, Zambia
- 10.02.2017.
This article was co-authored by Jimmy Kainja from Malawi Governments of Malawi and Zambia have come under fire over an alleged maize export scam of 100, 000 metric tons involving about US $13 million dollars. When the allegations of the scam surfaced, Malawi President Peter Mutharika appointed a Commission of Inquiry to probe into the
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Malawi Presidents and their Naïve Preference for Press Rallies0
- Democracy, Freedom of Expression, Malawi, Press Freedom
- 24.11.2016.
Writing in 2000, Francis Nyamnjoh, professor of anthropology at University of Cape Town made the following observation on African media: “An examination of most legal frameworks in Africa, even after the liberalisation of media in the 1990s, reveals a craving to control that leaves little doubt of lawmakers perceiving journalists as potential troublemakers who must
READ MOREIt’s not just Mutharika, it’s the system as well0
- Governance, Malawi, Politics
- 27.10.2016.
Five days after Peter Mutharika’s return from his prolonged stay in the United States of America where he attended United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Malawi President, held a much anticipated press conference to brief Malawians on duties he carried out during his time in the USA. At least this was the official
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