There was a political rally in our town on Saturday evening. The President has been under pressure recently because of the difficult economic times and a number of civil society groups, many of them religious have stated that President Bingu should resign in 60 days or face a referendum...

  This is part of an original blog written soon after arriving in Malawi in February 2012   Chintheche is a small dusty town on Lake Malawi, a glorious mass expanse of fresh water over 60 kilometres wide and maybe up to 600 kl long. It is quite beautiful. There is apparently great...

  The first paragraph was written in 2012, the second now in February 2014.   On talking to a local about the state of the economy, I was told that the President is in a row with the British, who have been financially supporting the country for a long time and that the British...