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6,072,487 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi The murder trial of ousted dictator Dr. Kamuzu Banda won't start for weeks, but thousands of Malawians who demonstrated at the High Court Wednesday already have found him guilty.
6,072,494 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi The returnees, who have accused the 10-month-old government of Bakili Muluzi, of ignoring their plight, Tuesday staged a peaceful protest march in the capital Lilongwe and petitioned the government to speed up their resettlement and rehabilitat
6,072,500 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi Outside the courthouse, officials of Banda's Malawi Congress Party persuaded several hundred of his supporters to break up a noisy protest during which they had demanded the deaths of prosecutors.
6,072,506 -13.5291 34.490299 Malawi Many of Malawi's 105,000 civil servants on Thursday began an indefinite strike demanding payment of restructured salaries backdated to April.
6,072,511 -13.5291 34.490299 Malawi The pupils want Muluzi to intervene to end the strike after Malawi's education authorities failed to resolve the growing problem. More teachers walked off the job this week in solidarity with colleagues who had their pay withheld after striking
6,072,517 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi Hundreds of angry Malawi primary school pupils staged a protest march on Friday to President Bakili Muluzi's residence to demand he end a teachers strike, littering the road to the palace with mango peels.
6,072,523 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi Senior British defence lawyer Clive Stanbrook was raised shoulder high as celebrations also broke out in the streets of city, which took on a carnival atmosphere as heavily-armed riot police with dogs tried to maintain control.
6,072,532 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi The run-up to the by-election saw bloody clashes between supporters of the ruling United Democratic Front of President Bakili Muluzi and the main opposition Malawi Congress Party of ex-president Hastings Kamuzu Banda.
6,072,542 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi After the hearing police struggled to prevent about 100 banner-waving supporters of Banda's opposition Malawi Congress Party from invading court precincts. They were chanting support for the three accused.
6,072,548 -13.5291 34.490299 Malawi The Malawi government Wednesday declared a strike by civil servants illegal and said a number of strikers had been arrested.
6,072,553 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi At least 10 soldiers raided a newspaper office and smashed computer, photographic and printing equipment, evidently to protest ''negative'' reporting on the military, the owners said Friday.
6,072,559 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi A group of more than 100 ruling party supporters stormed the offices of a newspaper owned by the opposition Malawi Congress Party and threatened staff with knives and clubs, the newspaper reported Friday.
6,072,566 -13.5291 34.490299 Malawi The Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) admitted that a national strike called for Wednesday had failed.
6,072,572 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi Last August, nine former bodyguards of President Bakili Muluzi were briefly detained after staging a protest outside his palace, saying they also were owed back pay.
6,072,579 -15.8167 35.049999 Malawi Hundreds of street vendors rioted in the streets of a satellite shopping town outside Malawi's commercial capital Blantyre, protesting hikes in the prices of petrol and maize.
6,072,586 -9.8613501 33.8283 Malawi Five supporters of Malawi's opposition Alliance for Democracy (Aford) were arrested by police after they threw stones at a rally for President Bakili Muluzi in northern Karonga district.
6,072,592 -11.002 33.763 Malawi Opposition supporters in Malawi have burned down several mosques and houses belonging to members of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) in continuing post-election violence, witnesses said Sunday.
6,072,596 -11.4648 34.0229 Malawi Opposition supporters in Malawi have burned down several mosques and houses belonging to members of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) in continuing post-election violence, witnesses said Sunday.
6,072,602 -11.002 33.763 Malawi Opposition supporters, alleging vote rigging, went on a rampage Friday in northern Malawi after unofficial results in the nation's elections gave President Bakili Muluzi an edge, police said.
6,072,607 -11.4648 34.0229 Malawi Opposition supporters, alleging vote rigging, went on a rampage Friday in northern Malawi after unofficial results in the nation's elections gave President Bakili Muluzi an edge, police said.
6,072,611 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi Opposition supporters, alleging vote rigging, went on a rampage Friday in northern Malawi after unofficial results in the nation's elections gave President Bakili Muluzi an edge, police said.
6,072,617 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi Two journalists from Malawi's main opposition Daily Times newspaper, were arrested at the weekend over a story calling on the military to oust President Bakili Muluzi's re-elected government.
6,072,623 -11.002 33.763 Malawi Police opened fire Saturday with live ammunition to disperse a crowd of political opposition supporters in northern Malawi, wounding six people, hospital officials said.
6,072,628 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi Scores of opposition supporters were injured or arrested when riot police broke up a protest against the results of the June 15 elections, narrowly won by President Bakili Muluzi's ruling party.
6,072,634 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi An Eritrean who died in the custody of Malawian officials at the weekend was killed by gunshots, a government official charged here Monday, contradicting Malawi's explanation of the death.
6,072,641 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi The judges, sitting here amid tight security around its premises, where some 200 opposition supporters had gathered but were barred from entering, said the election materials should come from 12 of the country's 27 districts.
6,072,646 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi Malawi's 192 parliamentarians were back on their benches Wednesday after putting an unprecedented stop to proceedings in their bid to seek higher pay in one of Africa's poorest countries.
6,072,652 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi Riot police were called to quell violence in Malawi's administrative capital Lilongwe on Monday when scores of tobacco growers staged a protest over low auction prices, witnesses said.
6,072,660 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi Riot police fired teargas to break up a peaceful demonstration of about 30 people against draconian economic reform policies imposed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
6,072,668 -15.3833 35.333302 Malawi Malawi President Bakili Muluzi has set up a committee to review massive hikes in university fees, following violent student protests last month, officials here said Monday.
6,072,674 -13.5291 34.490299 Malawi Students across Malawi rioted Sunday after education authorities cancelled high school examinations following massive leaks of examination papers, police said Monday.
6,072,679 -15.3833 35.333302 Malawi Scores of riot police fired rubber bullets and teargas Monday at hundreds of university students in Malawi's colonial capital Zomba, after police stopped them from presenting a petition on school fees.
6,072,685 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi A magistrate court in Malawi released former minister Brown Mpinganjira on bail Friday ahead of a trial beginning next week on charges of bribe-taking in a case he denounced as political.
6,072,693 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi About 40 riot police in a Malawi's biggest city, Blantyre, used teargas Monday to break up an opposition rally in a politically volatile, densely populated township.
6,072,701 -13 33.25 Malawi A Malawian legislator has been beaten by young supporters of his own party for his ties to a group that opposes a third term for President Bakili Muluzi, the group said Wednesday.
6,072,708 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi Malawi's upstart opposition party has finally staged a rally in the country's largest shantytown, almost a month after police defied a court order and crushed an earlier demonstration, the party's leader said Monday.
6,072,713 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi The trial of four men accused of attempting to overthrow the government of Malawi in a violent coup began Tuesday with prosecutors alleging the men planned to take over the presidential palace and the radio station.
6,072,720 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi Street vendors and riot police fought Friday morning in Malawi's capital after the government destroyed the vendors' stalls and carted off their property during the night.
6,072,728 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi One man was killed and seven people arrested Sunday when supporters of Malawi's ruling party and the opposition clashed ahead of a rural constituency's by-election.
6,072,736 -15.793 34.993599 Malawi A mob attacked a van being used by opposition party supporters to announce a political rally, and beat up three of its occupants, police said Sunday.
6,072,743 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi Striking workers at the Lilongwe Water Board, the only water supplier in Malawi's capital, have turned off the taps to demand a 100 percent pay hike and better working conditions, workers said Friday.
6,072,751 -9.7019396 33.27 Malawi Two people were killed and two others injured in Malawi after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators demanding road improvements, officials said Saturday. Hospital officials said the bullets were live.
6,072,757 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi Youthful supporters of the ruling party accused opposition demonstrators of insulting the president and assaulted them during a melee Tuesday as Malawi's Parliament began its winter session, leaving at least 20 people injured, 10 of them seriou
6,072,766 -14.5645 35.342499 Malawi Malawi's controversial Muslim leader Sheik Abdul Hamid Bughdad el-Banna, who has sharply criticised President Bakili Muluzi, was attacked early Wednesday in his home, police and hospital officials said.
6,072,772 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi About 20 heavily armed riot police blocked a peaceful demonstration of about 2,700 schoolteachers in Malawi's largest city Blantyre called to protest a month-long delay in paying salary increases.
6,072,778 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi A Malawian journalist said he was beaten by several young supporters of Malawi's ruling United Democratic Front for writing critical articles on the government.
6,072,785 -14.75 34.75 Malawi Four people were arrested in the Ntcheu district of central Malawi after a border dispute between two villages turned violent and left 39 people homeless, police said Thursday.
6,072,796 -13.9833 33.783298 Malawi Street vendors threw stones, damaging cars, and looted shops on Saturday after their stalls were burnt by city workers as part of a drive to clean up the capital, police said.
6,072,801 -13.5291 34.490299 Malawi Railway workers in Malawi have gone on strike to press for a 100 percent salary increase and the resignation of top managers, a union leader said Tuesday.
6,072,807 -15.8025 34.996899 Malawi Doctors, nurses and other workers at Malawi's main hospital went on strike Friday to demand salary increases and other benefits, leaving patients groaning in pain in hallways and forcing hundreds of others to go home.
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