InMalawichildren who have been raped orforced intomarriageare encouraged to write letters to RadioTimweni, anationalnewsprogramme, which theninterviewsthem.
Ras Junior "Ister J" Maning, a Jamaican disc jockey, who is working in Malawi, told BBC News Online that the country's Rasta community would be pressing for greater rights, including being allowed to have dreadlocks in schools.
However, the Malawi defence forces, which provides security for the sitting president, shifted security members to Banda's residence amid news of the death.