A Day of Protests in Malawi: A Chronological Account from Afar

From haba na haba Thu Jul 21 2011, 03:57:14

I have written this post out of my disappointment with the [narrow] reporting in the international media. The story -- in which the protests were more often characterized as riots -- has been reported on by Al Jazeera English, AFP, Associated Press, BBC, and Reuters. On-the-ground journalists with local newspapers would certainly do a better [...]

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Anti-Government Protest Victims Buried

Eight victims of the July 20 demonstrations in Malawi were buried as Human Rights Watch called for the killings to be investigated.



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