Four Malawians off to the UK for Chevening Media Freedom Fellowship
Four successful candidates of the Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellowship will depart for the UK on 30th April to embark on their seven-week fellowship at University of Westminster under the theme ‘New Media for a New Africa: Freedom of Speech, Economic Prosperity and Good Governance’.
The fellowship was supposed to commence in 2020 but was postponed due to COVID 19 disruptions.
The four scholars are Mallick Mnela, Hilda Ngomano, Sangwani Mwafulirwa and Yvonnie Akonda Sundu. They will join their colleagues from Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
The UK Government is committed to the promotion of media freedom and freedom of expression in Malawi as essential components of any functioning democracy. For exam...