Under-five child deaths still high in Malawi
Malawi still registers high rate of under-five child deaths among newborn infants despite concerted efforts to reduce the mortality rate for the past five years. According to a released stakeholders...
View ArticleMalawi far to achieve 50/50 campaign by 2015- CSOs
A recent study by Women in Politics and Decision Making Permanent Committee (WPDM PC) has revealed that women representation in decision making positions is very low in many institutions. Chairperson...
View ArticleMalawi Law Society wants police officers ‘shamed’ in Chasowa report to...
The Malawi Law Society (MLS) has implored on police officers involved in the events leading to and after tthe murder of University of Malawi’s Polytechnic student Robert Chasowa to resign and pave way...
View ArticleBalaka chiefs join hands against early marriages: Safemotherhood
Traditional leaders from sub traditional authority Chanthunga in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka says are strictly enforcing by laws that seeks to safeguard the rights of the girl child. In this...
View ArticleMalawi women living with HIV/Aids petition Speaker: On access to treatment...
The Coalition of Women Living with HIV and AIDs in Malawi (COWLHA) and the Pan AFRICA Positive Women Coalition (PAPWC) on Monday presented a petition to the Speaker of National Assembly, Henry...
View ArticleMalawi Police teargas unarmed Chinsapo secondary school students
The students at Chinsapo Secondary School in the Capital Lilongwe on Tuesday held angry street protests against government’s failure to pay in time their teachers salaries. This is second time within...
View ArticleSkyway students feel cheated as school’s administration fails to give their...
Skyway students who wrote their examinations under Trans Atlantic College (TAC) board are now demanding their diplomas and have since threatened to take head on the College, now University to court if...
View ArticleCity Council, Malawi police in verbal war over vehicle vendors
A verbal war is reportedly building up between the Malawi Police and management of Blantyre City Council (BCC) over the return of imported used vehicle traders along the city streets, Nyasa Times has...
View ArticleMalawi inflation hits 28.3 percent: Cost of living up
Malawi’s year on year consumer inflation quickened to 28.3 percent in September from 25.5 percent in August, a 2.8 percentage points increase the National Statistical Office (NSO) in Zomba said on...
View ArticleMalawi Queens ready to upset tables for ‘Fast5’ tournament in New Zealand
Malawi Queens Coach Griffin ‘Zagalo’ Saenda has described their preparations for the Fast Netball World Series which will take place at the Superb Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand from 9-11...
View ArticleMalawi’s Joyce Banda in final 5 for Forbes Africa Person of the Year award
Malawi President Mrs Joyce Banda has made it into the top five candidates list for Forbes Africa Person of the Year title. The winner of this award would have had an influence on the events of the year...
View ArticleMalawi Churches spearhead fight towards zero HIV and AIDS deaths
Led by the Malawi Council of Churches (MCC), the international faith community on Sunday held prayers as a lead to the week long international conference that seeks to drum up support towards zero...
View ArticleMalawi drops on World Bank business ranking
Malawi, reeling from years of economic mismanagement, continues to fall on international business rankings as latest figures show the landlocked country has slipped six places from 151 to 157 out of...
View ArticleTanzania maintain its new map dividing Lake Malawi is legal
The Tanzanian government has said the current move it has taken of reclaiming the portion of Lake Malawi is not taking advantage that Malawi has a female president, Mrs Joyce Banda Speaking during the...
View ArticleMasangwi hands himself in to Malawi police: Chasowa murder case
Noel Masangwi, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regional chair for the south, who is one of the people wanted in relation to the mysterious murder of Polytechnic student Robert Chasowa has...
View ArticleMalawi Sports Minister opens Kamuzu Stadium: Bows to fans demand
Malawi Government through the Minister of Youth and Sports Enock Chihana have succumbed to supporters of the six Blantyre-based Super League teams by re-opening Kamuzu Stadium which was closed two...
View ArticleAnti JB songs dominate Chanco students demo
Chancellor College students Wednesday morning presented their petition to the District Commissioner for Zomba Harry Phiri to be presented to President Joyce Banda for action on the hiked school fees in...
View ArticleChihana orders for audited accounts for BAT ground construction
Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Enock Chihana on Wednesday ordered for the auditing of every penny that government has pumped into the renovation of the BAT ground. He said this when he visited...
View ArticleDPP says Masangwi, Ngalande are ‘innocent’
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) say they believe their two senior official s including some youth cadets who have been in connection with the murder of fourth-year Polytechnic student Robert...
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