http://bnltimes.com/ Recent Videos Video  The death toll from a police and army crackdown on two days of street protests against Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika rose to 18 today, Blantyre hospital officials and activists said the victims had been shot with live ammunition, and that at least 44 others in the northern city of Mzuzu alone were being treated for gunshot wounds. Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said eight journalists were beaten by police during Wednesday's protests, and a female radio reporter was seriously wounded. Amnesty researcher Simeon Mawanza said the president's regime is becoming increasingly intolerant of dissenting voices.]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:02:44 GMT http://bnltimes.com/index.php/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/10/news-a-politics/rawmalawi-anti-government-protests-leave-18-dead-44-wounded-in-mzuzu-alone-in-two-days  July 27, 2011 - Ambassador Brian Bowler - Voice of America Straight talk Africa- Part. 1 http://www.voanews.com/wm/voa/africa/engl/ENGLISHTOAFRICA_STRAIGHT.asx]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:01:51 GMT http://bnltimes.com/index.php/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/9/news-a-politics/ambassador-brian-bowler-voice-of-america-straight-talk-africa-part-1  Malawi's main cities have erupted in protest against President Bingu wa Mutharika, leaving one person dead as police used live fire and teargas to break up crowds who torched homes and vehicles. One person was shot dead and six injured in the northern town of Mzuzu, a hospital official said, while police beat activists with rifle butts in the capital Lilongwe and fired teargas in the commercial hub Blantyre.]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:52:52 GMT http://bnltimes.com/index.php/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/8/news-a-politics/raw-malawi-erupts-in-anti-government-protestschilumpha-addresses-the-issues  Civil rights organisations and ordinary citizens took to the streets in Malawi in protest against the government in July 2011. Malawian President Bingu Wa Mutharika is accused of mismanaging the country's economy.]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:52:14 GMT http://bnltimes.com/index.php/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/7/news-a-politics/unrest-in-malawi  Malawi's economy has grown literally from 0 to the current 7.9% as a result of some sound macroeconomic policies and government's agricultural subsidy programme. This programme has received much criticism from the international donor community, a relationship which was key in getting the country's economy off the ground when Bingu wa Mutharika came into power as President in 2004. Sue Beukes spoke to the president and asked him how he managed to balance the relationship between the much need donor support and implementing his agricultural subsidy programme.]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:51:54 GMT http://bnltimes.com/index.php/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/6/news-a-politics/exclusive-malawi-president-bingu-wa-mutharika  Since demonstrations are banned in Malawi, students at the country's top University stage a protest of their own kind...chanting anti-government slogans, burning party cloth and well, having fun....]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:51:12 GMT http://bnltimes.com/index.php/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/5/news-a-politics/malawi-polytechnic-socialz-75-o-8  Unknown]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:50:19 GMT http://bnltimes.com/index.php/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/4/news-a-politics/scenes-from-malawi-demonstrations-july-20-2011  Malawi, Blantyre demonstrations, 20th July 2011]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:46:40 GMT http://bnltimes.com/index.php/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/3/news-a-politics/blantyre-demonstrations-20thjuly-2011  Unknown]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:46:05 GMT http://bnltimes.com/index.php/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/2/news-a-politics/malawi-demonstrations  Unknown]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:40:58 GMT http://bnltimes.com/index.php/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/1/news-a-politics/malawi-demonstrations-20-july-2011