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HRDC calls for minister to resign over shortages in Malawi

By , based on Malawi24

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Malawi’s Human Rights Defenders Coalition plans demonstrations on 17 November in Lilongwe, Zomba and Mzuzu to demand the energy minister’s resignation. It intends to protest persistent fuel shortages and power cuts, and call for lasting measures, according to its statement signed by Madalitso Banda and Kelvin Chirwa.

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition of Malawi says the demonstrations will be lawful, unarmed and in accordance with the right to freedom of assembly guaranteed by Article 38 of the Constitution. The demonstrations are planned in three cities on 17 November.

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