Afriques en Lutte

Malawi : Education union action rescues children from forced labour and keeps them in schools

Education International — 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z

Education International member organisations in Malawi, the Teachers' Union of Malawi (TUM) and the Private Schools Employees Union of Malawi (PSEUM), were able to bring over 1,000 children back to school and prevent 1,200 others from dropping out.
TUM National Programmes Coordinator Pilirani Kamaliza highlighted : “It is deeply important for our teacher union to be involved in the fight against child labour and have all children of school going age in schools. Besides enhancing the (…)

- Malawi / syndicalisme, communiqués partis amis et associations

Malawi : Albinism Protests

2019-03-15T05:15:00Z

Protesters took to the streets in Malawi's capital on Wednesday to demand the government step up protection for people with albinism following a spate of murders and attacks driven by an underground trade in their body parts for black magic.The march comes amid fears that people with albinism could be at increased risk ahead of elections in May as candidates seek out lucky charms to boost their chances of victory. Overstone Kondowe, head of the Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi, (…)

- Malawi / Droit humain

Malawi - Witness : “The Mining Company Brought Me Problems”

Birgit Schwarz — 2016-10-07T03:22:00Z

Nagomba E. is no longer young ; her hip is giving her trouble and her back is stooped from years of bending over her corn and rice fields. Yet every morning, at the crack of dawn, the wiry 74-year-old sets out on a strenuous half-hour walk to fetch water from a nearby river so that her ailing husband can take a bath. Despite her limp, Nagomba moves fast and with the sure-footedness of a mountain goat.
It would be easier for her to fetch her water from a borehole that is closer to her (…)

- Malawi

Malawi's albinos at risk

2016-08-25T03:25:00Z

Albinism is a genetic condition that leads to little or no pigment in the eyes, skin and hair. In the United States, about one in 20,000 people have some type of albinism. But in countries such as Tanzania, the number can be as high as one in 1,500.
Malawi's albinos are at risk of "total extinction" amid escalating attacks against them for their body parts, the United Nations warned. The southern African nation has about 10,000 albinos, according to the U.N.
In some African countries, (…)

- Malawi

Célébration du "John Chilembwe" Day (Malawi)

2016-01-23T04:34:00Z

Les Documentaires Afros / "Afro-Documentaries" célèbrent le John Chilembwe Day qui vise à rendre hommage à l'action d'un des combattants pour l'indépendance du Malawi.
John Chilembwe est né vers 1871 et peu de choses sont connues des premières années de sa vie. En 1892, alors que le Royaume-Uni colonise la région désormais nommée le Nyassaland, John Chilembwe fait la connaissance du missionnaire baptiste Joseph Booth. Les deux hommes deviennent proches et John Chilembwe est sensibilisé à (…)

- Malawi / Histoire

Moratorium on anti-gay arrests in Malawi reaffirmed

2016-01-11T04:58:00Z

The Malawian government has reaffirmed its moratorium on prosecuting consensual same-sex conduct, the Centre for the Development of the People (CEDEP) and Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities also dropped sodomy charges against two men arrested on December 7, 2015.
A written statement from Justice Minister Samuel Tembenu, released on December 18, explicitly commits the government to the suspension of enforcement of anti-gay penal code provisions, first announced in 2012. The (…)

- Malawi / Homosexualité

The Misery of Migrants in Malawi

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) — 2015-11-10T04:37:00Z

Maula prison, in the Malawi capital of Lilongwe was built to accommodate 800 prisoners, but now is bursting at the seams with 2,650 inmates. Amongst this desperate population, the most vulnerable are the nearly 300 undocumented migrants who were arrested as they travelled towards South Africa. These men represent the reality of our mobile world, where people are on the move, seeking refuge from violence and inequality or escape from chronic poverty. Lacking any kind of resources, they left (…)

- Malawi / Droit humain

Malawi : End Widespread Child Marriage

Human Rights Watch — 2014-03-11T04:38:00Z

The government of Malawi should increase efforts to end widespread child and forced marriage, or risk worsening poverty, illiteracy, and preventable maternal deaths in the country, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today, ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, 2014.
According to government statistics, half of the girls in Malawi will be married by their 18th birthday, with some as young as age 9 or 10 being forced to marry.
Malawi's first woman president, Joyce Banda, (…)

- Malawi

Les migrants empruntent des itinéraires plus dangereux pour traverser le Malawi

IRIN — 2013-02-13T04:19:00Z

KARONGA - Le 20 juin 2012, des migrants éthiopiens sans papiers ont pris place à bord d'une embarcation et se sont lancés dans la traversée vers le sud du lac Malawi. Quelques minutes après leur départ, le bateau surchargé a coulé et 49 de ses passagers se sont noyés.
« Depuis la rive du lac, on pouvait apercevoir quelque chose qui ressemblait à un bout de papier flottant sur l'eau. Mais lorsque des pêcheurs sont allés vérifier en canoë, ils ont découvert plusieurs cadavres », a raconté (…)

- Malawi / Immigration

Commission d'enquête conclut que blogueur malawien a été assassiné

Reporters sans frontières — 2012-10-27T03:01:00Z

La commission d'enquête chargée par la nouvelle Présidente malawite d'élucider les circonstances de la mort du blogueur d'opposition Robert Chasowa vient de rendre ses conclusions : l'activiste a bel et bien été assassiné, ainsi que le soupçonnaient ses proches et ses pairs.
"Nous saluons la décision de la Présidente Joyce Banda de créer une commission d'enquête impartiale pour élucider les circonstances de la mort de Robert Chasowa, et nous sommes soulagés que celle-ci reconnaisse enfin (…)

- Malawi / Répression, Liberté de la presse