Malawi votes for reform
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Malawi's ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has been pressured into holding multiparty elections. Malawi citizens braved harassment from MCP operatives as they held a referendum for political reform and multiparty elections. The MCP acknowledged voter sentiment, but was blocking implementation of the reforms until international economic pressure forced it to arrange such elections. The opposition parties have various ethnic and regional appeal throughout Malawi, but such divisiveness is not expected to deter reform. An interim National Executive Council has been established to usher in the political change.
Publication Name: The World Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0043-9134
Year: 1993
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Malawi stirs
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H. Kamuzu Banda has led Malawi's government for 28 years and has stood alone among African leaders in refusing to allow any changes to his one-party system. In mid-1992 the security police were for the first time unable to quell demonstrations against the repressive system by workers, the church and students. The government clearly saw the involvement of workers as a threat. Western countries also protested and partly cut off foreign aid. The question is no longer whether Malawi's government will change, but when.
Publication Name: The World Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0043-9134
Year: 1992
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Angola: reaping a deadly harvest
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Angola is a victim of the atrocities of civil and external war strategies adopted by governments past. Landmines are sordid vestige of the war situation in the country. The areas with mines cannot be used for agricultural practices. According to reports, 8 million to 15 million mines are suspected to have been planted in the country. Scarcity of food has become another problem in Angola and this is a factor that carries rural folk to urban and foreign regions.
Publication Name: The World Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0043-9134
Year: 1995
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