AGA-AFRICA Programme

Embracing Technology in the Malawi Judiciary: The Commonwealth Secretariat Symposium on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence

Introduction The Honourable Chief Justice Rizine R. Mzikamanda, SC, delivered a compelling speech at the Commonwealth Secretariat Symposium for Judges on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence in Malawi. The symposium, held from November 6th to 8th, 2023, was organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Malawi Judiciary Training Committee. In his opening remarks, Chief Justice Mzikamanda […]

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Malawi Bench-Bar Symposium with the Malawi Law Society (MLS), the Malawi Institute of Legal Education (MILE) and the Malawi Judiciary

AGA-Africa Programme’s Country Coordinator for Malawi, Gift Chikwakwa, represented the Programme’s leadership at the Malawi Bench-Bar Symposium themed: Towards an Improved Justice Delivery System on 20th October, 2023, where senior counsel currently practicing at the Malawi Bar converged at the Bingu International Conference Center, Lilongwe, Malawi. The symposium, sponsored by the AGA-Africa Programme, was organized […]

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Memorandum of Understanding Signing with the Irish Rule of Law International, Malawi

The AGA-Africa Programme signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI) on 17th August, 2023.  The Programme was represented by Gift Caroline Chikwakwa, Country Coordinator for Malawi with Susie Kiely, IRLI’s Country Director for Malawi, representing the Irish Rule of Law International. The signing that took place at the […]

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Memorandum of Understanding Signing with the Malawi Human Rights Commission, Malawi

The AGA-Africa Programme signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Malawi Human Rights Commission on 16th August, 2023. The Programme was represented by Gift Caroline Chikwakwa, Country Coordinator for Malawi while the Commission’s Executive Secretary Habiba Osman represented the Malawi Human Rights Commission. The signing that took place at the Bingu International Conference Centre, […]

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Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) & Combating Proliferations Financing (CPF) Workshop with the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), Malawi

In 2018, Malawi was assessed by the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF), through the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG). The Assessment Report showed Malawi as Partially-Compliant to some of the recommendations. The Report also uncovered the urgent need for increased awareness on terrorist financing (TF) and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction among […]

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Operation Safe Ranger Training Part II with the Wildlife Investigators Training Alliance in collaboration with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Malawi

Following the successful ‘Operation Safe Ranger’ Training held on 8th -9th May, 2023 in Lilongwe, the AGA-Africa Programme and the Wildlife Investigators Training Alliance (WITA) partnered with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) on a second workshop held on 11th-12th May, 2023, this time in Blantyre, Malawi. Similar to the first workshop, participants […]

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Operation Safe Ranger Training with the Wildlife Investigators Training Alliance in collaboration with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Malawi

The safety of game rangers is paramount. Game rangers are on the frontlines in the war against transnational wildlife crime and are often confronted with life threatening situations. To equip them with tools to enhance their safety as they protect Malawi’s wildlife, the AGA-Africa Programme and the Wildlife Investigators Training Alliance (WITA) partnered with the […]

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Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Malawi receives Law and Democracy Books Shipment from Books For Africa in partnership with Thomson Reuters Foundation and AGA-Africa Programme

Books For Africa partnered with the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the AGA-Africa Programme to donate books valued at over seventy thousand US Dollars ($70,000) to the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Malawi. The handover ceremony took place on 5th May, 2023 at the Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe, Malawi. The ceremony was attended […]

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Asset Recovery Workshop in Collaboration with ICAR for Judicial Officers, Malawi

The Judiciary of Malawi plays a crucial role in recovering the proceeds of crime from criminals in the sentencing process. To support the fight against financial crime and to facilitate capacity building, AGA-Africa partnered with the Malawi Judiciary and the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR)/Basel Institute of Governance for an Asset Recovery workshop for […]

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Training of Trainers on Criminal Investigations with the Malawi Police Service, Malawi

The Malawi Police Service recently discovered that despite efforts to produce a criminal investigation module capable of sharpening skills of police investigators, not much was done in preparing trainers and training institutions for effective delivery of the module. To facilitate capacity building in the area of the Training of Trainers for Criminal Investigators, AGA-Africa collaborated […]

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