By Nyasa Times Arraigned gay couple Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza were sent by international homosexuality campaigners to taste the resolve of Malawi, Minister of Gender, Women and Children Affairs…
Staff Writer24 April 2010
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
EDGE Boston When 26-year-old Steven Monjeza and 20-year-old Tiwonge Chimbalanga celebrated an engagement ceremony in the African nation Malawi, it was symbolic of their love. But the legal ramifications that…
Staff Writer23 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
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
The City Press By Nicole Fritz and Priti Patel FOR some of us, our first recollection of Valentine’s Day is of some humiliating school-time ritual in which we had to…
Staff Writer14 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
It was, Malawian police say, a routine sweep for criminals at one of the country’s busiest border posts. They were looking for criminals. But when the police arrested 14 prostitutes…
Staff Writer12 October 2009