This week, Malawi’s Presidential jet was put on the auction block. President Joyce Banda is selling the $13.3 million (£8.5 million) jet to pay for essential services for her country’s poorest people, and help mitigate the currency devaluation her country is suffering. Originally purchased by then-President Mutharika in 2009, who claimed the jet would be

The Center for Strategic and International Studies recently created a video featuring Malawi’s first female president, Joyce Banda, talking about the importance of women’s health and empowerment. Blog and Video by Janet Fleischman and Julia Nagel When Joyce Banda unexpectedly ascended to the presidency of Malawi last April, after the death of President Mutharika, many in