Lazarus Chigwandali: the Malawian busker overturning prejudice about albinism By Laura Barton

 Lazarus Chigwandali

Since that Sunday in June, life has shifted considerably for Lazarus. He has recorded his first album, Stomp on the Devil, produced by Hugo, and a film about his life just premiered at Tribeca film festival, directed by the Oscar-nominated David Darg. He has performed at the Lake of Stars festival and Madonna is a fan – “A powerful voice of a new generation in Malawi,” she wrote beneath the picture of the pair she posted on Instagram. Musical Video after cut.....

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11 Get United Nations Appointment.

The Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness Muhammadu Sanusi 11, currently facing series of intimidation from his state government was today the 10th of May 2019 appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres as one of the 17 man Advocates for 2019-2020 of the United Nations New Sustainable Development Goals. The SDG advocates is co-chaired by Ghanian President Nana Akufo-Addo and Erna Solberg the Prime Minister of Norway.

Opinion: Malawi needs transformational leadership By Emily Mkamanga

 Malawi President: Peter Mutharika

As it were, all the attention in this month’s elections is on who is likely to be Malawi’s next President.
So far, the presidential candidates have said enough in their campaigns for people to make up their minds on who to vote for.
The competition among the candidates is very stiff. Even being in government, as the case is with President Peter Mutharika, does not seem to be an added advantage. The problem here is that his five-year rule has been full of misery due to allowing corruption, stealing of public resources and general abuse of power. Therefore, all the presidential candidates are starting from the same level.
Naturally, Mutharika would want to be a step ahead because of what he has done for the people of Malawi. He has recently promoted teachers and police officers. These promotions were long overdue and, maybe it is done now for the sake of buying more votes.

South Africa Decide 2019

The African National Congress (ANC)

On the 8th May 2019, Africa's strongest democracy, South Africa will go to the polls to vote for their national and provincial officers. Over 26,756,898 million South Africans eligible voters will decide whether to continue the 25 years reign of the African National Congress (ANC) or a change of guard. More than 40 political parties are registered for the national and provincial elections but the race will surely be between the three major political parties namely, the African National Congress (ANC), the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Party (EFF). More pics after cut...