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		<title>Malawi’s controversial presidential jet sold off for US $15 million</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31943</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Bingu Wa Mutharika]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential jet sold]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Relief has finally hovered in Malawi as the controversial presidential jet that President Joyce Banda abandoned and recommended that it be disposed of has finally landed an auctioneer’s hammer though US $ 5 million less than the market value. The winning bidder for the 14-passenger French-made Dassault Falcon 900-EX aircraft, described as being in perfect...]]></description>
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		<title>Wonder Mkhonza granted bail</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31859</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 13:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kenworthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wonder Mkhonza]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to a statement today from PUDEMO national spokesperson, Zakhele Mabuza, Wonder Mkhonza has been granted a bail of 15 000 emalangeni, approximately 1650 US$. Wonder Mkhonza was arrested on April 12 for allegedly possessing 5000 political pamphlets, and the international ACT Now: Free Wonder Mkhonza campaign, started by Africa Contact has called for his...]]></description>
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		<title>”Incompetent” and “catastrophic” Swazi regime ignores Swazi people</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31848</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kenworthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[”The results of Mswati&#8217;s absolute rule for the Swazi people have been catastrophic,” independent watchdog organisation Freedom House writes in the excecutive summary of their new report on Swaziland, Africa&#8217;s last refuge of feudalism. “This desperate economic and social situation is the product of 40 years of incompetent government during which two despots have used...]]></description>
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		<title>Female Judge now leading Malawi&#8217;s Judiciary</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31735</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31735#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Anastarzia Msosa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malawi’s revered female Supreme Court of Appeals Judge Anastarzia Msosa, has been entrusted to manage the Judiciary in Malawi following the retirement of Justice Lovemore Munlo, SC. Newstime Africa understands that under Section 113 (1) of the Malawi Constitution Justice Msosa has the powers to act as the country’s Chief Justice and so that is what...]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi in integrated boarder systems initiative to check on fake entrants</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31708</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knowledge Chiwambo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Integrated boarder systems]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malawi has embarked on an integrated boarder control systems project, an inter-connection structure that will enable the country’s immigration department headquarters access activities happening everywhere the system is installed, the department has confirmed. The new system meets the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) standard which avails a traveler information and authenticity of passports of all...]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi road to 2014 Elections: Court case is not a winning strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31683</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timothy Ntilosanje</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2014 Elections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another stupid item in the People&#8217;s Party closet of reasoning is this notion namely that Peter Mutharika is not a good candidate of the DPP because he has pending court cases. Damn! Tell that to Raila Odinga and he will quickly invite the PP to his school of learning that using a pending court case...]]></description>
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		<title>Joyce Banda loses round one</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31679</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timothy Ntilosanje</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Joyce Banda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The People&#8217;s Party is a bereaved grouping. From President Joyce Banda to economic asylum seekers that she and her party uses as front-line strategists online, they, today, have tear-drenched hearts. They are very angry. The outcome of the DPP convention has annoyed them. Their preferred and choicest candidate was floored almost battered toothless. That will...]]></description>
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		<title>Concern over Malawi’s decision on arbitration</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31675</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timothy Ntilosanje</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[:Lake Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arbitration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southern African Development Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tanzania]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Malawi indicated that it wished to give up mediation of its dispute with Tanzania over Lake Malawi by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) in favour of the International Court of Justice arbitration. Malawian President Joyce Banda said the mediation efforts — led by Joaquim Chissano, Sadc’s chairman of the Forum of Former...]]></description>
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		<title>Canada funds IOM humanitarian projects in Zimbabwe</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31660</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31660#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newstime Africa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IOM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA, Switzerland, April 19, 2013 &#8211; African Press Organization (APO)  – The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has made a C$1 million contribution towards IOM’s humanitarian projects in Zimbabwe. The funds, which are part of Canada’s overall C$3.7 million contribution to IOM’s Humanitarian Compendium for 2013, will support major projects including the provision of emergency shelters,...]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe awaits Malawi President Joyce Banda to open Premier Trade Fair</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31627</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31627#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premier Trade Fair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Joyce Banda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Robert Mugabe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malawi President Joyce Banda is scheduled to officially open the Zimbabwe 2013 International Trade Fair which runs from April 23 to 27 in Bulawayo, courtesy of an invitation of the country’s President Robert Mugabe. This will be President Banda’s maiden state visit to the home of Mugabe a very close ally to the departed Professor...]]></description>
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		<title>Mixed reactions over Carlsberg Malawi’s decision to opt for twin sponsorship</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31625</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31625#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlsberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sponsorship]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The decision by Malawi’s giant brewer, Carlsberg Malawi Limited to once again bankroll both Big Bullets Football Club and Mighty Wanderers Football Club when in the first place it was made public that it will just be one team that will enjoy ultimate sponsorship from this season for two years running has attracted a lot...]]></description>
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		<title>Swazi regime detain PUDEMO member for handling pamphlets on state of emergency anniversary</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31613</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31613#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kenworthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People's United Democratic Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PUDEMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swaziland Processing Allied Workers Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wonder Mkhonza]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wonder Mkhonza, National Organising Secretary of the banned Swazi political party the People&#8217;s United Democratic Movement and Secretary General of the Swaziland Processing Allied Workers Union was detained on Friday April 12, allegedly for being in possession of 5000 PUDEMO pamphlets. The democratic movement in Swaziland was marking the 40th anniversary of the state of...]]></description>
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		<title>Swazi civil society warns diplomats of government clamp down</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31570</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31570#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kenworthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government clamp down]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During meetings with diplomats from the embassies of several Western countries, held in Pretoria last week, representatives from Swaziland&#8217;s civil society warned that Swaziland&#8217;s government was actively trying to obstruct their work and shut them down. Representatives from Swaziland United Democratic Front (SUDF), Foundation for Socio-Economic Justice, Swaziland National Union of Students, Swaziland Ex-Mineworkers Association...]]></description>
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		<title>Newstime Africa joins Malawi Media in mourning</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31553</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31553#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Lisuntha Banda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Newstime Africa (NTA) has joined Malawi&#8217;s Nation Publication Limited (NPL) and the media fraternity in general in mourning the sudden death of one of Malawi&#8217;s industrious and highly respected media executives, who died at a private hospital in Blantyre. The announcement of the sudden death of Elizabeth Lisuntha Banda Friday April 12 2013 afternoon has...]]></description>
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		<title>The ‘Gang of Three’, ‘Midnight Six’ and ‘Daniel Phiri’: Unpacking Malawi’s alleged coup plot</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31512</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31512#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timothy Ntilosanje</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alleged Coup Plot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Bingu Wa Mutharika]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Commission of Inquiry’s report into the death of Malawi’s former President Mutharika makes for compelling reading. The Commission of Inquiry’s105-page report into the death, in April 2012, of President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi and political manoeuvrings in the immediate aftermath makes for compelling reading. Fully two and a half pages are devoted to considering whether...]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi President Joyce Banda commissions new Military Barracks</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31493</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31493#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Military Barracks commissioned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Joyce Banda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Dr. Joyce Banda has commissioned a new Military Barracks in the Northern Malawi bringing the number of Battalions to 11, but the fourth along the coastlines of Lake Malawi. The Malawi leader, who by virtue of being the State President is also the Commander-In-Chief of the Defence Forces of Malawi, commissioned the 11th Battalion in...]]></description>
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		<title>Five family members perish on Shire River after Hippo attack in Malawi</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31438</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31438#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hippo attack]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Malawi, five family members have died after the boat they were sailing in was crushed by an irate hippopotamus in Shire River, in the country’s Eastern Region. The police have confirmed that a 34 year old father, his wife aged 30 and three children lost their lives over the weekend after drowning in the...]]></description>
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		<title>Floods in Malawi force villagers to seek shelter on main road</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31399</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31399#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Floods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Severe floods have left hundreds of families in 16 villages homeless and one woman admitted to hospital after a heavy down pour in Karonga in the northern Malawi Wednesday March 27 2013, officials have confirmed. According to an official from the Office of the District Commissioner in Karonga, Emmanuel Bulukutu Chirwa, over 500 families, including...]]></description>
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		<title>Prominent businessman denies crime link in Zimbabwe</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31383</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31383#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vladimir Mzaca</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Businessman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime link]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A prominent Zimbabwean businessman Mr Abraham Chikozho of Chikozho and Sons buses, has dismissed as untrue and damaging, claims that he was involved in a case where three men are being accused of armed robbery and theft of vehicles in a syndicate that operates between Zimbabwe and Botswana. Mr Chikozho had been implicated by Sikhumbuzo...]]></description>
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		<title>EU suspends more asset freezes and travel bans on Zimbabwe following referendum</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31371</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31371#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newstime Africa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assets freezes and travel bans lifted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Robert Mugabe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON, United-Kingdom, March 25, 2013 &#8211; African Press Organization (APO) – European nations suspend most restrictive measures on Zimbabwe in response to referendum. Onus on Zimbabwe’s leaders to meet commitments. The European Union has today announced the decision to suspend asset freezes and travel bans on all but a small core of individuals around President Mugabe,...]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil World Football Cup African Group F champions race open</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31354</link>
		<comments>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31354#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Namibia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Group F]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Failure to utilise home ground advantage by Namibia who on the log table were second with three points while the visiting Malawi side entered the pitch with two points culminated from draws, and African champions last minute equaliser against group anchor Kenya has left the campaign for the Africa Group F qualifier to next year’s...]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release: Malawi Electoral Commision &#8211; Postponement of implementation of Biometric Voter Registration System</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31346</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newstime Africa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press Release]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Press Release  - The Malawi Electoral Commission wishes to inform the general public that following the advice made available to it by various experts and stakeholders on the implementation of the Biometric Voter Registration System, it has shelved the plans of implementing the solution for the purposes of the 2014 Tripartite Elections. The Commission has...]]></description>
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		<title>Australia supports mining for development in Mozambique</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31170</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newstime Africa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mozambique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining for development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mozambique]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CANBERRA, Australia, March 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Australian expertise is helping Mozambique sustainably manage its mineral resources and ensure that mining revenue supports development. Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Richard Marles, and Mozambican Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, His Excellency Mr Oldemiro Baloi signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Mining for Development...]]></description>
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		<title>Former Mutharika legal advisor defiant, says not afraid of treason</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31160</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael Tenthani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allan Ntata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Bingu Wa Mutharika]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blantyre, Malawi, March 14 (Raphael Tenthani &#8211; Newstime Africa)  - Former presidential legal advisor Allan Ntata has expressed surprise at his inclusion among the dozen people charged with treason over an alleged coup plot in the aftermath of the death of former Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika. The 12, who include Bingu&#8217;s own brother Professor...]]></description>
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		<title>In Malawi &#8211; Another economic planning minister throws in the towel</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31156</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atupele Muluzi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goodall Gondwe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Pacharo Jooma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Malawi few months after the first Joyce Banda anointed Economic Planning and Development Minister Atupele Muluzi resigned, his replacement, Goodall Gondwe, has taken a similar route, throwing in the towel when the country needed him most. And Newstime Africa understands that President Dr. Joyce Banda has since promoted Deputy Finance Minister Ralph Pacharo Jooma...]]></description>
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		<title>Aggreko to Supply 122 MW of Cross-Border Power to Mozambique and Namibia</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31126</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newstime Africa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mozambique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Namibia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aggreko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cross-Border Power supply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mozambique]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Aggreko solution will help satisfy the growing power demands of Southern Africa]]></description>
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		<title>Canada responds to flooding in Mozambique</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31090</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newstime Africa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mozambique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mozambique]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA, Canada, March 12, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Canada is providing immediate life-saving assistance for approximately 150,000 people affected by flooding in southern Mozambique, announced the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation. Canada is providing support for food and nutrition, water and sanitation, health care, emergency shelter and protection. “Canada is ensuring that...]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi: Courts sets Thursday for Mutharika death arrests as violence spreads to the capital</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31088</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael Tenthani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arrests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Mutharika]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blantyre, Malawi, March 12 (Raphael Tenthani) &#8211; The eleven former senior Malawi government officials, arrested on Monday following the publication of a report into the death last April of President Bingu wa Mutharika, have been charged with various offences including conspiracy to break the law, sedition and perjury. According to Information Minister Moses Kunkuyu, the...]]></description>
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		<title>Harper Government partners with Western University to increase food security in Malawi</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31069</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newstime Africa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western University]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA, Canada, March 12, 2013 &#8211; African Press Organization (APO) – Smallholder farmers in Africa will learn sustainable farming practices and improve the health and nutrition of their families thanks to a partnership between the Government of Canada and Western University. Today, Member of Parliament Susan Truppe, on behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of...]]></description>
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		<title>Swazi women rally against “abuse and inequality”</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31057</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kenworthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abuse and inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are against “all forms of abuse, inequality, inadequate justice system and the clashes between traditional laws and constitutional laws,” a press release issued by the Swaziland Rural Women Association (SRWA) stated in connection with the celebration of the International Women&#8217;s Day in Swaziland. According to the SRWA, the event was held “to let the...]]></description>
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		<title>Ten former senior Malawian government officials including ministers arrested for allegedly plotting a coup</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31051</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael Tenthani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arrests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coup plot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Mutharika]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blantyre, Malawi, March 11 (Raphael Tenthani &#8211; Newstime Africa) &#8211;  At least ten former senior Malawian government officials, including ministers, were arrested on Monday for allegedly plotting a coup to prevent then Vice President Joyce Banda from assuming power following the death of former president Bingu wa Mutharika in April last year. The arrests of...]]></description>
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		<title>Swazi students elect new leadership during vibrant congress</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/30953</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kenworthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Students]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“The congress was characterised by vigorous and vibrant debate which saw the students of Swaziland declaring the year 2013 as a year of action, turning each and every institution into a site of struggle for democracy and quality education for all,” outgoing President of the Swaziland National Union of Students (SNUS), Maxwell Dlamini, tells Africa...]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi&#8217;s Mutharika died on the way to hospital &#8211; report</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/30951</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael Tenthani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bingu Wa Mutharika]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blantyre, Malawi, March 6 (Raphael Tenthani &#8211; Newstime Africa) &#8211; Former Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika collapsed in his office at the New State House (now renamed Kamuzu Palace) and died minutes later before reaching Kamuzu Central Hospital, a report into his sudden death has revealed. &#8220;Prof. Bingu wa Mutharika collapsed at around 11.10am on...]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi’s drug policy advocacy group disapproves government’s dilly dally and courts health minister</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/30936</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hon Catherine Gotani Hara MP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malawi Alcohol Policy Alliance (MAPA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Alcohol Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Concerned with the snail pace that the government is moving along on the issue of  National Alcohol Policy, and propelled by its quest to save Malawi from health risks stemming from alcohol and related substances, an alliance of civil society organisations has taken another step in courting the country’s health minister, Newstime Africa can reveal....]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi President threatens to close down Joyce Banda Foundation</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/30916</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joyce Banda Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Joyce Banda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Angered by the un-sanctioned and strange protests by a cross section of pupils who in the commercial city of Blantyre also targeted the Joyce Banda Foundation (JBF), Malawi president Dr. Joyce Banda has threatened that she will let the institution to close down. The president’s sentiments come in the wake of the bold and un imaginable...]]></description>
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		<title>Optimistic Swazi Finance Minister’s budget speech is symptomatic treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/30906</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kenworthy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inister of Finance Majozi Sithole]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“It is a bold budget that will boost growth and support the vulnerable … the financial system in Swaziland is generally sound … We remain cautiously optimistic,” Swaziland’s Minister of Finance Majozi Sithole said in his budget speech on Friday. Others have less reason for optimism. “Swaziland is tied with Somalia as having the worst...]]></description>
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		<title>Government bows down to striking civil servants in Malawi</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/30880</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Servants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government bows down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strikes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After running battles, accusations and counter-accusations in Malawi, the striking civil servants and the government have reached a deadlock, and the Malawi’s Civil Service Trade Union (CSTU) has since called off the strike that paralyzed government operations and for the first time in the annals of Malawi school children showed government that they too are...]]></description>
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		<title>Civil servants strike takes new twist in Malawi as students invade president’s school</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/30851</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Servants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strike]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drama erupted Wednesday February 20 2013 at the Joyce Banda Foundation (JBF), an international private school, in Blantyre City South, whose patron is Malawi’s head of state, as pupils from nearby public schools stalled business at the school to level the field with what is happening at the public schools. There has been no learning...]]></description>
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		<title>One-stop centre opens in Malawi to fast track assistance to gender based violence victims</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/30843</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender-based violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Joyce Banda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victims of gender based violence in the essential service provision challenged Malawi can at least smile as the country focuses on having as many as One Stop Centres (OSC) as possible so that gender based victims are helped out without much a hassle, as the case has been,  Newtime Africa understands. Beside an alarming rate...]]></description>
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		<title>Malawi’s Joyce Banda government has not failed, says Mutharika</title>
		<link>http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/30835</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Chipanga</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Malawi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Mutharika]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Joyce Banda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malawi’s former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) acting President Peter Arthur Mutharika has suggested that it is too early to judge that the Joyce Banda led government has completely failed. “It is too early… it is just nine months since they are in government and to conclude that they have failed at this point in time is...]]></description>
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