Demos On! CDEDI Confirms To Hold Protest On Friday Against Chakwera Administration
Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) and the Lilongwe Small Scale Business Operations have confirmed that the planned demonstrations which have scheduled to take place in the Capital Lilongwe, on Friday, December 18, 2020 are on.
In a press statement available to Face of Malawi news desk, CDEDI said the confirmation comes after a successful meeting with authorities form Lilongwe City Council (LCC)...
AIP Beneficiaries In Nkhotakota Hold Demos For Officials To Intervene On Network Glitches
Some beneficiaries of the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) in Nkhotakota hold peaceful demonstrations to force district council officials to urgently intervene on network glitches facing the programme.
One of the demonstrators Steve Uriah from Chipwato village in Traditional Authority Malengachanzi said some of them have spent over four nights without purchasing the inputs.
Meanwhile, the district’s Chief Agriculture Development Natural Resources Officer Precious Chautsi advised the...
Women in Media march against Gender Based Violence
Media practitioners under the banner Association for Women in Media (AWOME) are today holding demonstrations in the cities of Lilongwe and Blantyre for quick redress by authorities to increased cases of gender based violence in country.
The match has started in Blantyre where women female journalists under AWOME banner say enough for GBV including rape and defilement cases.
In Lilongwe, politicians, representatives of Civil Society Organisations...
Nigerian Minister Says Soldiers Were Not Ordered to Shoot At Protestors
Nigerian Police Minister, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, has told the BBC that soldiers were not instructed to shoot at protesters.
"Soldiers have already spoken about this, they are denying their involvement and government is aware that they have not given any soldiers instructions to go into this crisis, not at all," Mr Dingyadi told the Newsday programme in an interview.
His remarks come after Amnesty International said...
MANEPO to Demonstrate Against Killing Of Elderly Woman In Dedza
The Malawi Network of Elderly Persons Organization (MANEPO) has said it will hold protests over the killing of a 70 year old woman in Dedza on the allegations that she was practicing witchcraft.
MANEPO Executive Director Andrew Kavala disclosed this last night during a media briefing in in the capital Lilongwe.
According to Kavala, the protest will be held in conjunction with the Women Lawyers Association.
He,...
