A Malawian boy sits outside a food warehouse in Luchenza town some 40 kilometers south of Blantyre on 11 October, 2005. (CNN) — The two men were arrested in December at…
Staff Writer24 March 2010
Steven Monjeza (L) and Tiwonge Chimbalanga (R) face 14 years in jail. A judge in Malawi says that two gay men arrested in December after getting engaged have a case…
Staff Writer22 March 2010
Check out Archbishop Tutu’s opinion piece in the Washington Post today speaking out against the attack on LGBT rights in Africa. He particularly mentions the situation in Malawi, where we…
Staff Writer12 March 2010
Blantyre – Police in Malawi said on Sunday they were hunting down key figures in the country’s gay community after discovering "pornographic films" at the office of a rights group.…
Staff Writer28 February 2010
Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza were arrested in late December and have been tried in a magistrate’s court in this conservative Southern African country where homosexuality is illegal. Their lawyer…
Staff Writer24 February 2010
Rights campaigners say current laws against gays are a violation of human rights. In late December, two gay men held an engagement ceremony – and were promptly arrested. The event…
Staff Writer19 February 2010
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS CALL FOR THE REPEAL OF DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AND THE DISMISSAL OF CHARGES IN MALAWI SAME-SEX CASE We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our deep concern at…
Staff Writer21 January 2010
JOHANNESBURG – A leading Regional think-tank has warned SADC leaders of the impact of their failure to find lasting solution to the Zimbabwean crisis at the Maputo Summit on Thursday.…
Staff Writer7 November 2009
In May 2008, then President Thabo Mbeki commissioned six retired South African Generals to report on allegations of violence committed in the aftermath of the first round of Zimbabwe’s elections…
Staff Writer27 August 2009