Malawi is presently locked in a diplomatic row with its former colonial master and biggest donor Britain over a leaked embassy cable which referred to President BinguWaMutharika as "autocratic and intolerant of criticism".
That leaked cable led to the expulsion of Britain's ambassador to Malawi Fergus Cochrane-Dyet. The actions of the self-styled "Ngwazi", which in the local Chichewa language means a God-given leader, are a reflection of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who is a close ally of WaMutharika.
soon after the expulsion of its ambassador to Lilongwe, Britain reacted swiftly by kicking out Malawi's representative in London and suspending aid worth US$550 million.
This freeze has dealt a body blow to the budget of a country which has for long relied on handouts, and intensified a dollar supply crunch that is threatening the Kwacha's official peg at 175 to the United States dollar.
Sources:
allAfrica.com
That leaked cable led to the expulsion of Britain's ambassador to Malawi Fergus Cochrane-Dyet. The actions of the self-styled "Ngwazi", which in the local Chichewa language means a God-given leader, are a reflection of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who is a close ally of WaMutharika.
soon after the expulsion of its ambassador to Lilongwe, Britain reacted swiftly by kicking out Malawi's representative in London and suspending aid worth US$550 million.
This freeze has dealt a body blow to the budget of a country which has for long relied on handouts, and intensified a dollar supply crunch that is threatening the Kwacha's official peg at 175 to the United States dollar.
Sources:
allAfrica.com
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