A Very Short Introduction to #Peter_Mutharika, #Malawi’s new President
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After a prolonged dispute, Peter Mutharika was sworn in as Malawi’s fifth president a few days ago. Whatever the ins and outs of the electoral process, nobody is in doubt that #Joyce_Banda, the darling of the international community, was decisively defeated at the ballot box. To find out more about Malawi’s new president and […]
Not quite spring, but not nothing
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Today, Monday, August 19, 2013, #Phumzile_Mlambo-Ngcuka, who was the first woman to serve as Deputy President of South Africa (2005-2009), took the oath of office as Executive Director of UN Women. Then Over the weekend, #Joyce_Banda, first woman President of Malawi, was sworn in as Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community, or SADC (at the same time that #H.E_Robert_Gabriel_Mugabe was sworn in as Deputy Chair). #Stergomena_Tax had been Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of (...)