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Sunday, 8 April 2012

Africa gets second female president; Joyce Banda of Malawi

Following the death of Malawi president, Bingu wa Mutharika, who died on Thursday April 5th following a heart attack at the age of 78; Joyce Banda, 62, the Vice President of the country was sworn in yesterday Saturday April 7th, becoming the first female leader of Malawi and the second female president in Africa after Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia

29 comments:

  1. Great news!!! Laddies on the rise!! small small, naija go join too

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  2. make una take am easy.well its good that africa is finally waking up.

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  3. She kinda luks lyk d l8 dictator, Ghadaffi! Lol. Congrats to her!

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  4. Erm I don't think it's a wake up. They have no choice , she's the VP. They never envisaged a situation like this one.

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  5. Thats the way forward for Nigeria also. The Men have failed

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  6. Wonderful news. Naija when shall we get there? God dey.

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  7. What difference does it make abeg,Ladies keep dissapointing us especially in naija.at least we have learnt from experience that stelaing of public funds knows no gender. -Palo

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  8. I am waiting for Nigeria's turn. Amen.

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  9. Well, its not about gender but positive change.

    The best skincare advice and products are now available at www.thestunninglady.blogspot.com

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  10. If all presidents were women, there will be no wars. Just a bunch of countries not talking to each other. Problem?

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  11. cool, remaining nigeria. lmao

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  12. GreatestCountryindWorld8 April 2012 at 20:11

    America has no female president...

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  13. Awesome! I knew dis dayz would come. Africa - finally rising like a phenix from d ashes. I'm we'd have more of such in our own generation. Congrats 2 Joyce Banda - God's wisdom guide her in leading Malawi.

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  14. Olu-omo of d source8 April 2012 at 23:36

    She'll soon be added to OBJ(d real maradona)'s concubine list.

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  15. Say No To Female Vice-presidents in Nigeria...only God knows maybe she's d 1 who poisoned Mutharika

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  16. I'm waiting for Patience Jonathan to take over power..when GEJ run away bcos of BH..

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  17. Amen , Nneka for naija president . 3rd African Female president and I go vote . Women of power & hungry for the betterment of their country. People that understand the pain of their fellow citizens and prophetize their message through music .

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  18. i love this...wonder when 9ja would get to this level....

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  19. am d nxt in line, 1st naija president.

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  20. Congrats o! Another illness mysteriously eliminates a poor African leader.

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  21. So how does this have anything to do with anything else around here? What benefit has ever been derived from the mere fact that Africa had one Female President called Elen Sirleaf Johnson???
    What makes anyone think adding another female president to Africa's "List of Accomplishments" will make anything any better...???

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    1. If you don't have the dream and power to think , just shut up abeg. We believe and its possible #ya hear wuh mi a Sey ? Bloodclaat

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  22. reply to bossman9 April 2012 at 14:11

    Bossman you must be very illiterate Mutharika died of a heart atack not poisoning....

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  23. Hope she no go finish d country money 4 gold and hollandis wrapper, hian.

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  24. There are two points to be made here. One, we need diversity in leadership, which should include men, women, old and young. This should lead to more robust thinking and better decision making. However, we must be careful not to place women on a pedestal. Anyone is capable of being a bad leader, male or female. What we need to focus on is making sure we have a way of choosing good leaders (male or female), who have good people around them, proven track record of knowing what they are doing and accountability to the people who vote them in.

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  25. women are not meant to lead.Bad news

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