Bakili Muluzi Renews Passport

Former President Bakili Muluzi today took some time off from his B.C.A. Hill residence to visit the Immigration Headquarters in Blantyre and renew his expired passport.

Former President Bakili Muluzi: His passport expired on December 31, 2010

Muluzi, looking frail and off-balance, arrived at the Immigration headquarters around 11 am, and went straight to the passport issuing officer's office. The former president emerged some 20 minutes later, and briefly waved at some on-lookers before jumping into his vehicle.
He was in the company of his bodyguard.
Muluzi is scheduled to go to South Africa anytime from now, and his only huddle was his expired passport- which expired on December 31, 2010 along with the rest of Malawians.
The High Court recently quashed government's request to call for an independent panel of doctors before allowing Muluzi to seek medical help in South Africa.
His son, Atupele, told local papers he was fearing for his father's health, fearing that his inserted discs could collapse anytime, eventually putting him at the risk of perpetual disability.
Muluzi is currently answering charges on alleged corrupt practices, and has been engaged in a protracted legal battle with the Anti-Corruption Bureau ever since he left office in May 2004. He is yet to appear in court as the case has been marred by injunctions and counter-injunctions, arguments and counter-arguments, and even frequent references to the Constitutional Court, responded to with yet more counter-references.

President Bingu wa Mutharika: Has put the fight against corruption at the top of government agenda
President Bingu wa Mutharika has put corruption at the top of his agenda, but his efforts have attracted a spate of criticism, ostensibly because his fight has largely left government bigwigs and cabinet ministers scot-free.

Polytechnic Students Protesting Right Now

Students from the polytechnic- a constituent college of the University of Malawi- are protesting in front of the administration block right now.

 Observers say Malawi is turning into a police state, as government uses police officers to silence dissent
The students have, among other things, set tree branches alight, and are shouting on top of their voices.
So far, they have done nothing to the college bus stionally some ten metres away.
There is no physical violence as well; just some shouts on top of their voices, and the sense tha nobody- as not even police officers and school officials- is listening.
Yesterday, 13 of their colleagues were picked up by police- ostensibly for causing damage to property.
The students run amok early yesterday, blocking the Masauko Chipembere Highway and pelting stones at vehicles.
This prompted police officers to extent the handcuff along with the arm, netting 13 students in the process.
The students are protesting against delays in the provision of book and stationary allowances. This follows delays by the Malawi Savings Bank to release the same.
In Zomba, Malawi's old capital, students demonstrated against the 'picking up' by police of a renowned science lecturer, Blessings Chinsinga, apparently because he told students the demonstrations in the Middle East- which have, among other leaders, influenced the resignation of Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and his Tunisian counterpart- were partly influenced by fuel shortages.
Malawi is in the midst of a fuel crisis of sorts, and government officials feared that the observation by Chinsinga could trigger Middle-East like demonstrations, according to a senior police officer in the Eastern region.
Observers have condemned President Bingu wa Mutharika's government for gagging intelectual and freedom of expression.
His government recently empowered the Minister of Information and Civic Education to ban any publication viewed as not being in the public interest.
This has angered Malawian editors.

Life in Malawi means these, and many more

Thank You Very Much Zodiak Broadcasting Station

Someone woke me up yesterday, around 09:30pm, saying he had seen a big screen at Nyambabwe Community Ground in Ndirande- Malawi's most populous township. He invited me to follow him at that late hour. I did.
When we arrived at Nyambadwe Ground, we realised he was right.
It was the guys from Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) with their big screen. Remember yesterday's match between AC Milan and Tot. Hotspur? There you are.
Courtesy of ZBS, we were able to watch that match; a somewhat ill-tempered match that thrilled and riled. It excited, too.
Today, that's where I will be (at Nyambadwe Ground), watching the game between Arsenal and Barcelona.
Thank you very much Zodiak. I am speaking on behalf of the people of Ndirande; those who were there (yesterday) and will be (today).
Big ups.

Bishop Derek Rawcliffe, 1921-2011

An appreciation by Peter Tatchell and Keith Rogers

Funeral service in Leeds this Sunday

London, UK - 11 February 2011

The retired openly gay bishop, Derek Rawcliffe, died in Leeds, England, on 1 February 2011, aged 89.

Requiem Mass

Sunday 13 February 2011

7pm

St Aidan's Church, Elford Place / Roundhay Road, Leeds LS8 5QD

Service conducted by Reverend Canon Alan Taylor

All welcome

Derek Rawcliffe was born on 8 July 1921, educated at Leeds University and ordained in 1944. After a curacy at Claines St George, Worcester, he was a teacher in the Solomon Islands from 1947 until 1953, when he became Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia and the New Hebrides in the south Pacific. He was the first Bishop of the New Hebrides from 1975 to 1980. He then transferred to become Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. In the 1990s, he became Assistant Bishop of Ripon. For many years, he was a strong advocate and supporter of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement.

Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who knew Derek Rawcliffe for two decades, recalls:

"Derek was a wonderful, warm-hearted man, whose faith was always kind, gentle and compassionate. I am very proud and honoured to have known him.

"He gave me great personal support and encouragement in the early 1990s when I was being denounced and vilified by politicians, press, police and priests.  

"Others may have differing perspectives on Derek's life. I can only talk about the Derek I knew and appreciated.

"Like Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Derek Rawcliffe's Christian humanitarian instincts led him to become a champion for social justice, not only for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people but also against racism and global poverty.

"He came out as gay in 1995, while he was the Assistant Bishop of Ripon - making him at the time the most senior Anglican clergyman to be honest and open about his homosexuality.

"The following year, the then Bishop of Ripon sacked Derek for blessing gay couples.

"Derek read Christ's gospel as a theology of liberation, and sought to put it into practice.

"Although he was a bishop, Derek was on the radical wing of LGBT politics. As well as endorsing mainstream lobbying for equality, he also saw a role for creative, cathartic protests, in order to overturn homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.

"In 1994, Derek defended the LGBT human rights group OutRage! when it named 10 Anglican Bishops and called on them to 'Tell the Truth' about their sexuality. He argued that bishops who are gay in private but anti-gay in public are hypocrites.

"Derek deplored the double standards of closeted homophobic gay clerics. He saw no reason to respect their privacy and dishonesty when they refused to respect gay people's right to privacy and equality.

"According to Derek, priests and bishops who opposed gay human rights were acting in defiance of the Christian ethos of love and compassion.

"In 1996, he backed calls by OutRage! to lower the age of consent to 14 for gay and straight teenagers - not in order to encourage or endorse under-age sex but to reduce the criminalisation of the many young people who have sexual experiences before the age of 16. He also urged earlier, better quality sex and relationship education to help youngsters to make wise, responsible decisions and to ensure that they shared mutually respectful, caring relationships.

"Derek was very remarkable and brave in his open endorsement of OutRage! at a time when we were challenging the homophobia of the Anglican leadership and when we were often reviled as extremists. He encouraged us, prayed for us and blessed many of our campaigns. We treasure and revere his memory and salute his long, commendable witness for universal human rights," said Mr Tatchell.

Derek Rawcliffe's closest friend, Keith Rogers, who found him dead from a heart attack on 2 February, remembers:

"He was an absolute rock to me: a friend and counsellor, always there in times of crisis. He, more than anyone, helped me to have a healthy, enlightened Christian faith.

"For Derek, Christianity wasn't about rules and guilt but about love, as in the title of his book: The meaning of it all is Love.

"For Derek, being gay and Christian were easily reconciled because for him - and me - they are both about love.

"Endowed with a brilliant intellect, he was a robust advocate for gay people and gay equality, and a formidable debater with the fundamentalist lobby.

"Derek was the incarnation of Christian love and humanitarianism. He helped everyone he could, including asylum seekers, the poor and disabled. He opposed all oppression and injustice.

"He was a prophetic figure and a powerful voice for social justice.

"He was treated despicably by the then Bishop of Ripon, who dismissed him in 1996 for blessing gay couples," said Mr Rogers.

Full pardon urged for gay offenders

Government  plan will not "delete" gay sex convictions

Offences will be merely "disregarded"

They will still remain in criminal records

London, UK - 15 February 2011

"Instead of tinkering with the criminal record system, the government should grant a full pardon to all men convicted of consenting homosexual behaviour that has ceased to be a crime," urges human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.

"It is estimated that between 50,000 and 100,000 men were convicted of victimless offences between 1885 and 2003. In 1989 alone, there were over 2,000 convictions for the consensual gay offence of 'gross indecency' - an offence that only applied to sexual contact between men and not to comparable heterosexual behaviour.

"These men were unjustly convicted under discriminatory laws. To put right this historic wrong, they deserve a pardon," he said.

Mr Tatchell has questioned the government's claim late last week that its Protection of Freedoms Bill will "delete" historic gay offences that are no longer criminal offences:

"Contrary to what the Home Office is suggesting, the government is not planning to delete past gay convictions for consensual offences. Clause 85 of the Protection of Freedoms Bill merely instructs the police to disregard them. This is not the same as deleting them," added Mr Tatchell. 

See Clause 85, and sub-clause (5), here:
http://tiny.cc/lyr6z

"The convictions will remain in the criminal record but they will not have to be disclosed and the police and other agencies will not be allowed to cite them or use them against a person when they apply for a job or get stopped in the street.

"However, the convictions will still appear in police files and could influence police perceptions of a gay person who they question on an unrelated matter.   

"Instead of merely disregarding past gay offences that were consenting and are no longer criminal, the government should grant a full pardon to all gay and bisexual men convicted of behaviour that was not a crime for heterosexual men and women.

"This pardon should embrace not just men convicted of sexual acts, but also those who were convicted for mere loitering, chatting up, looking at other men, exchanging names and addresses, aiding and abetting gay sex and the myriad other discriminatory, homophobic laws that remained on the statue book until 2003," said Mr Tatchell.

Religious civil partnerships are long overdue

Heterosexual couples to be allowed civil partnerships too

The next logical step? End the ban on gay civil marriage

London - 13 February 2011

"It is wonderful news that the government is planning to end the ban on heterosexual civil partnerships. The current prohibition on straight couples is arbitrary and unjust," said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell of the LGBT human rights group OutRage!

"The next logical step is to end the ban on gay civil marriages. I urge the government to bring forward legislation to ensure marriage equality.

"Gay civil partnerships are not good enough. They are not equality. In a democratic society, everyone should be equal before the law. All couples - gay and heterosexual - should be able to get married in a civil ceremony in a register office."

Commenting on the coalition's plans to permit civil partnerships to have a religious content and to be held in places of worship, Mr Tatchell added:

"Allowing religious civil partnerships is long overdue. It was agreed by parliament nearly a year ago. There is no excuse for the government's long delay in putting it into effect.

"Permitting faith organisations to make their own decision on whether to conduct same-sex civil partnerships is the democratic and decent thing to do.

"The current law prevents them from doing so, even if they want to.

"When the legal change comes into effect, no religious institution will be forced to perform civil partnerships. It will be up to them to decide. They will be able to agree or refuse.

"By banning religious civil partnerships, the current law is denying religious bodies the right to treat gay couples equally. It is forcing them to discriminate, even when many of them do not want to.

"The Quakers, Unitarians, Metropolitan Community Church and Liberal Judaism wish to conduct civil partnership ceremonies and should be allowed to do so.

"Following a change in the law, we expect that civil partnerships will be conducted by gay-affirmative religions, including the Unitarians, Quakers, liberal synagogues and some individual Anglican churches, where the priest agrees to do so.

"Our next goal is to secure marriage equality, to end the prohibition on lesbian and gay couples having a civil marriage in a registry office.

"Already, 61% of the British public believe that same-sex couples should be able to have a civil marriage, according to an opinion poll conducted by Populus in June 2009. 

See here:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6586450.ece

"The Equal Love campaign is challenging the twin bans on same-sex civil marriages and opposite-sex civil partnerships. Our aim is full equality for homosexual and heterosexual couples. Eight couples - four gay and four straight - filed a joint application in the European Court of Human Rights on 2 February, in a bid to end sexual orientation discrimination in civil marriage and civil partnership law.

See here:

http://www.petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/partnerships/equal-love-case-filed-to-european-court-of-human-rights.htm

"If we win in the European Court of Human Rights, the government will be required to change the law to allow gay partners to have a civil marriage and to allow heterosexual couples to have a civil partnership. It will ensure, at last, full equality in the laws governing relationship recognition and rights.

"I may disagree with religion and want a separation of religion from the state, but I object to religious same-sex couples being denied the option of having a civil partnership in their place of worship. If that is what they want, it is up to them. Exclusions from the law based on faith or sexuality are wrong," said Mr Tatchell.

African Union among Global institutions lagging in defense of press freedom african government criminalizing investigative reporting

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
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For Immediate Release

New York, February 15, 2011—Global and regional institutions with a responsibility to guard press freedom are largely failing to fulfill their mandate as journalists worldwide continue to face threats, imprisonment, intimidation, and killings, according to Attacks on the Press, a yearly survey released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

“While international law guarantees the right to free expression, journalists cannot count on a robust defense of those rights,” said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon. “The recent unprecedented repression and persecution of journalists in Egypt, for example, provides an important opportunity for global and regional institutions to speak and act forcefully in defense of a free press.”

Attacks on the Press is the world's most comprehensive guide to international press freedom, with thorough analyses of the key factors that obstruct a free press by CPJ’s regional experts. It includes a special feature on the invisible nature of online attacks meant to curb journalists, including online surveillance, malicious software, and the elimination of news sites from the Internet.

CPJ found that a halfhearted, inconsistent approach to defending press freedom plagues institutions like the United Nations, the African Union, the Organization of American States, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, among others. “While valiant special rapporteurs at various institutions battle anti-media violence, their efforts are stymied by a halting political will to guarantee press freedom,” said Simon.

With a preface by Al-Jazeera English anchor Riz Khan, the book provides an overview of media conditions in more than 100 countries along with data on journalists killed (44) and imprisoned (145) in 2010.  Regional trends identified by CPJ include:

Africa:

A rise in investigative journalism has led governments in the region to crack down on journalists, particularly those reporting on the provision of basic services and the use of public money. From Cameroon to South Africa, authorities are moving aggressively to unmask confidential news sources, criminalize possession of government documents, and retaliate against probing journalists—all while governments across the continent, under pressure from donor countries, are pledging more transparency and accountability.

Americas:

Decades since democratization took hold in the region, a rise in censorship can be seen throughout Latin America, caused by government repression, judicial interference, and intimidation from criminal groups. In some countries, a climate of impunity perpetuates a cycle of violence and self-censorship. In others, governments abuse state resources to silence critical reporting, and powerful figures routinely utilize politicized courts to override constitutional guarantees of free expression.

Asia:

With a mixture of violence and official repression, censorship in Asia takes many forms. China’s anti-media policies are becoming ever more entrenched, even as local journalists test the daily guidelines flowing from the Central Propaganda Department. Asian democracies like Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia appear incapable of reversing the impunity with which journalists are being killed, while Sri Lanka’s peace dividend never materialized for journalists. Pakistan was the world’s deadliest country for journalists in 2010.

Europe and Central Asia:

Newer and subtler forms of censorship are taking hold across the region to counter the rise of electronic journalism, particularly in Russia and the former Soviet republics. These include the targeted use of technological attacks and the untraceable disabling of independent media websites.  The physical violence already employed in several countries to harass and intimidate journalists working in traditional media now extends to bloggers. Meanwhile, journalists face restrictions and potential punishment from defamation laws and anti-extremism statutes.

Middle East and North Africa:

Throughout the region, governments are conflating critical coverage of counterterrorism with terrorism itself, claiming national security grounds to suppress news and views considered unfavorable. From Egypt to Turkey, sweeping national security legislation has been enacted, criminalizing the coverage of terrorism and politically sensitive topics. Iran leads the region in its abuse of anti-state charges, and from Sudan to Bahrain, authorities resort to threats, harassment, and restriction of movement to limit coverage and conceal controversial activities and flawed policies.

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Blantyre Traffic Police Chief Abuses Position

One of the senior officers at Blantyre Police's Traffic department, Officer Moyo, is abusing his office.
Moyo, who owns a minibus- Registration Number CZ 3462- is forcing his workers to continue driving on the roads of Malawi (notably the Chileka, Lunzu routes) when he knows pretty well that the commuter minibus has worn out tyres.
In fact, one of the front tyres (the left side) is totally worn out that wires are protruding out, threatening the lives of commuters.
Today, around 09:30am, traffic police officers stopped the minibus at Chileka Round About, and confronted the driver on the tyre 'problem'.
But the driver and his conductor told the officers in the face that they could not effect any arrest, or charge a fine, "because this minibus, as you well know, belongs to your boss".
The two even told the junior traffic officers that the problem has been there for the past three weeks, and that when they inform officer Moyo, he is telling them to continue plying on the roads and make more money- part of which, according to the driver and his conductor,will be used to buy new tyres.
However, the same traffic officers continue effecting the law on other minibus owners, raising questions over the professionalism of the Malawi Police Service.
Zachimalawi will visit Moyo this evening to get more details, and know why he is violating Malawi's traffic laws despite being in a senior position- one that calls for good conduct. 

Gbagbo government using media regulation to censor critics in Ivory Coast

Incumbent Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has moved to silence critical media under the guise of media regulation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today, following a week in which Gbagbo’s administration tightened control over the official print media regulatory agency and ordered United Nations-sponsored radio network ONUCI FM off the air.

On Wednesday, the Gbagbo-controlled National Council on Audiovisual Communication (CNCA) issued a statement revoking ONUCI FM’s broadcasting license. CNCA President Franc Andersson Kouassi told CPJ today that Ivory Coast was reclaiming the 13 frequencies it granted the news station in line with a December 18 statement by Gbagbo calling for the U.N. mission to immediately leave the country.

In a press conference today in the economic capital, Abidjan, ONUCI spokesman Hamadoun Touré told journalists the mission had not been officially notified about the decision, according to a transcript obtained by CPJ. ONUCI has repeatedly rejected accusations of bias from the Gbagbo administration, according to news reports. The station remained on the air late today, according to local journalists.

Also as part of an ongoing struggle for control of the media, Gbagbo issued a decree on February 4 that sacked the head of Ivory Coast’s official print media regulator, the National Press Council (CNP), and dismissed its board, according to news reports.

“Under cover of media regulation, the Gbagbo administration is moving to silence critical and independent media outlets,” said CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator Mohamed Keita. “We call on Laurent Gbagbo to restore the broadcast license of ONUCI FM immediately.”

Under Ivorian laws, the chair of the press council, who is named by presidential decree for a three-year term, can only be let go for misconduct, according to CPJ research. However, the ousted council chairman, veteran journalist Eugène Dié Kacou, told CPJ he was fired without explanation before the April 2012 expiration of his mandate. Kacou said the Gbagbo government had pressed him since December 2010 to close down pro-opposition newspapers supporting Gbagbo’s rival, Alassane Ouattara. Local journalists told CPJ that they perceive the council’s new board, appointed by a February 7 decree, to be allies of Gbagbo.

The United Nations and international community have recognized Ouattara as the president-elect since disputed November 2010 runoff elections.-CPJ

Amen

Islam and the Egyptian Political Future

February 11, 2011
Published in American Thinker
Today we see the politics in Egypt in change and the question of the day is “what will happen to the government?” The details cannot be known, but the future will probably be some version of the past a past is driven by Islamic political doctrine.
All Islamic political doctrine is determined by the example of Mohammed. His rise to power was not by winning elections, but in the use of armed force. Mohammed averaged an event of violence on the average of every six weeks for the last nine years of his life. He may have been the prophet of Allah, but his rule was in parallel to other absolute rulers.

Historically, fascism was a political system in power in Italy in the middle twentieth century. Today, the term has come to mean:

• An authoritarian political system with a strong leader who is glorified.
• Mass demonstrations play a political role.
• Totalitarian rule without an opposing political party.
• Militaristic--advocate the use of force to advance the ideology.

Even the casual observer can see that Islam has many of these features.
Political Domination
Mohammed is the ideal Islamic leader. He rose to power by force of arms—jihad. Jihad was critical in his rise to total and absolute power.
The Sunna (the perfect example of a Muslim life) of Mohammed is found in the Hadith (Traditions) and Sira (his biography). The three texts, Koran, Sira and Hadith, are named the Trilogy. If it is in the Trilogy, it is Islam. If it is not in the Trilogy, it is not Islam. Here is a chart of how much text is devoted to jihad in the Islamic texts:

 

Jihad is a large part of Islamic doctrine. It is not a verse or two, but a dominant theme. In his jihad phase, Mohammed attacked his nearest neighbor and then the next nearest. He attacked with propaganda and the sword. This remains Islamic hegemonic political doctrine.

Islam’s political purpose is for the entire world to be under Sharia law.
The Elimination of Political Enemies by Force
Islam started as a religious ideology in Mecca, but in Medina it quickly moved to the use of lethal force by men sent out with orders to attack commercial targets, kill, capture and take all wealth. The captured victims were ransomed, executed, enslaved and tortured. The size of the forces ranged from single assassins to small bands and armies.

This military philosophy was so important that it was given a unique name—jihad. What is so brilliant about jihad is its civilizational scope. Armed force was merely the final stage in a system of war against all Kafirs. Jihad is practiced by armed force, speech, writing and cash contributions through charities. (Note: the inner or spiritual jihad is mentioned in less than 2% of texts.)

The graph below shows the efficiency of jihad. The conversion rate went from about ten a year to ten thousand per year.

 

Jihad has been the most effective system of military force known to humanity. Today, no one kills for Julius Caesar, Napoleon or any other military leader of history. Kafirs die daily because of jihad. Approximately 270 million Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, and Africans have been destroyed by jihad over the last 1400 years.
Islam created the word “assassin”. Mohammed repeatedly used assassins to eliminate his political enemies, including artists and intellectuals. A partial list includes:

Person	Al Ashraf	Abu Rafi	Marwan’s Dtr.	Abu Afak	Rifaa b. Qays
Function	Poet	Poet	Poet	Critic	Tribal Chief
Source	Bukhari 5,59,369	Bukhari 5,59,371	Ishaq 995	Ishaq 995	Ishaq 990

A Partial List of Assassinated Intellectuals and Leaders
Strong Leader
When Mohammed died he did not have an enemy left standing. All Arabs within his horizon were Muslims. He absolutely and completely dominated all political life in a unified Arabia. Mohammed is the perfect example of an Islamic political leader. He was absolute in his power. He was the judge, lawgiver, military leader, intellectual leader, spiritual leader, and political leader.
He rose to power through his own efforts and became the ultimate strongman. He did not leave behind a process for Islam to choose leaders other than imitating his methods.

Nationalism
All Muslims are a part of the umma, the Islamic community or nation. This concept goes beyond the usual geographic boundaries of nation. The al Qaeda idea of restoring the caliphate is based upon going back to a supreme leader who rises to power and rules all Muslims as the global umma.
The umma means that every Muslim living in a Kafir nation has two allegiances—the nation and Islam. Islam demands that a Muslim’s first allegiance is to the umma, not the nation. Therefore, the Islamic version of nationalism is umma-ism.
Mass demonstrations
Islam does mass demonstrations and riots like a symphony orchestra plays Bach. Demonstrations are a political tradition. The Islamic mass demonstration is so common that we do not really see the brilliance and perfection that in their execution. Mass demonstrations and riots are happening in Europe and we will soon feel the pressure of them in America when Islam has greater numbers.

Over time Political Islam dominates every country where Islam was introduced. At some point in the process, street riots, mass rallies and assassinations become part of the political process of domination by Islam, until complete political dominance is achieved.
Israel and Islam
At first Islam was kind to the Jews, but in the end Mohammed exiled, enslaved and annihilated every Jew in Arabia. This is recorded in the Trilogy. Examine the next chart:

 

There is less Jew hatred in Mein Kampf than in the Trilogy. Hence, Islamic texts can be compared to Mein Kampf. Ask this question: if Egypt becomes more Islamic, as the Muslim Brotherhood wants, what will the new Egyptian policy be towards Israel?

Conclusion
Islam has fascist qualities. The next government in Egypt will have a fig leaf of democracy, but if the past is any guide it will be fascist in it implementation and rule. Egypt will become more Sharia compliant, which is bad news for all Christians in Egypt.

Five litres of fuel hit K2000 mark in Lilongwe

Under fire: Energy Minister Grain Malunga

The problem of fuel has reached crisis levels in Lilongwe, and fuel (both petrol and diesel) is now selling at K400 per litre, forcing minibus drivers to part ways with K2000 for five litres of the commodity.

President Bingu wa Mutharika: His government failing Malawians on fuel
This has pushed the minibus fares on such convervative routes as Chigwirizano, Chimsapo and Likuni, among others. These are areas known for their rigidity to change, a development that has meant commuter charges remain off line as other Lilongwe townships have become well-used to coughing K100 no matter where they are dropped.
Now the price has even increased that some townships are paying betwen K110 and K120 for one trip- while in Chigwirizano, people still pay K50,  a fare that has slightly increased to K70, now that fuel prices have been adjusted.
Malawi is grappling with the problem of fuel supply, making life difficult for those who depend on the road for survival, commuters, and goods transporters, among others.
It is not clear whether courier services will also follow suit, and up service delivery costs.

Let's pray for an end to fuel shortages

So that life may return to the basics.

Fuel shortage hits Lilongwe hard

President Bingu wa Mutharika: His administration marred by fuel shortages

 The signs are everywhere.
At Kawale Filling Station in Lilongwe, visited just some ten minutes ago, Zachimalawi counted 780 vehicles lining up for fuel.
At the City Centre, tyhe problem is the same.
Just yesterday, Zachimalawi visited Capital Hill -the seat of government- and found one the Hummers on President Bingu wa Mutharika's convoy waiting for fuel that was not there at Total Filling Station (located within the premises).
Surely, Mutharika's main challenge has been to get the engines going uninterrupted.
Success achieved in food production and economic growth is being diluted in fuel shortages.

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