Police arrest 10 over looting in Karonga: 4 roadblocks removed
Malawi Police have arrested 10 people for an overnight looting spree in Karonga as protests against Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) roadblocks in the district went violent. Karonga police spokesperson...
View ArticleEx-mayor Bikoko fails to take plea on corruption charges
Former Lilongwe City mayor Desmond Bikoko on Wednesday failed to take plea on two counts of abuse of office when he appeared before Lilongwe magistrates’ court due to a technical hitch. Bikoko was...
View ArticleMutharika billboard destroyer suspect pleads not guilty
A 60-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the charge of torching a billboard bearing the face of President Peter Mutharika in Nkhata Bay. The man, Nyenje Nyirenda was arrested for allegedly setting...
View ArticleMalawi accountants body invites Prof Lumumba again for conference:...
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Malawi (ICAM) has once again invited Africa’s great orator Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba from Kenya, this time for the annual Executive Retreat to be held at...
View ArticleFellow Africans, take climate change seriously!
In November 2016, I was part of 178 journalists drawn from across the world to cover the United Nations Climate Change Summit—popularly known as Conference of Parties (COP)—in the city of Marrakesh,...
View ArticleEthiopian refugee wins K54m in Malawi soccer betting – Premier Bet
A 33 year old Ethiopian national based at Nzaleka refugee camp in Malawi’s Central Region District of Dowa, has won MK54 million with a bet of only MK150 in a Premier Bet shop after two years of too...
View ArticleMinister Nankhumwa says conserving mountains is non-negotiable
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa has said mountain ecosystems are under serious threat from over-exploitation driven by poverty and rapid population growth....
View ArticleJapanese envoy tips Malawi to prioritise on development not politics
The outgoing Japanese Ambassador Kae Yanagisawa has advised Malawi to focus on on development and not politics. Kae Yangisawa said this on Tuesday during a farewell party she hosted as she returns...
View ArticleMsundwe residents loot cement from 5 trucks: Criminal elements continue
Criminal elements are still taking place on the Lilongwe-Mchinji Road as more incidents of lawlessness continue to take place with the latest being residents of Msundwe have looted cements from five...
View ArticleAlḥamdulillāh! VP Chimulirenji opens Salima Mosque, hails K1bn Muslim...
Vice President Everton Chimulirenji was all ‘Praise be to God!’ [Alḥamdulillāh] when Muslim world league international organization on Wednesday donated K1 billion cheque to over 5000 orphans in six...
View ArticleBullets ‘home and dry’ for title defence: Nomads hopes hang in thread
TNM Super League leaders Nyasa Big Bullets head back to their base Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre for the last two matches of the title campaign after winning their last away game in the 2019 season 1-0...
View ArticleChikuni turns down secondment to mainstream civil service, resigns
Engineer Alfonso Chikuni who has been removed as Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) chief executive officer (CEO) and seconded to Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development as chief director...
View ArticleMPs want Assets office given teeth to bite non-compliant officers
Members of Parliament (MPs) under the Parliamentary Appointments Committee (PAC) have resolved to lobby fellow legislators to push for the review of statutes guiding the operations of the Office of the...
View ArticleMCP SG contradicts Chakwera on Mutharika meet
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka has sharply contradicted his party president Lazarus Chakwera on meeting President Peter Mutharika face to face to end the...
View ArticleVillagers close down Chinese mine in Chitipa
Malawi Police were called in on Thursday morning to bring peace and calm at a Chinese owned mine in Chitipa after villagers set ablaze security guard structures at the mine. Government has since closed...
View ArticleHRDC rejects Mutharika demand to stop anti-Ansah protests
Anti-Jane Ansah protests organisers have flatly rejected a demand from President Peter Mutharika to stop demonstrations as a condition for the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) initiated peace talks. PAC...
View ArticleConstitutional Court says Malawi poll case ruling between December 21 and...
Ruling on the landmark presidential election case is expected between December 21 and end of February, a senior court official has hinted. Registrar of the High Court and the Supreme Court of Malawi...
View ArticleUTM says no peace talks before verdict on Malawi election case: ‘Ansah, MEC...
UTM Party, first petitioner in the presidential election nullification case, has made it crystal clear that it will not go to the negotiation table with government before the Constitutional Court makes...
View ArticleWadi chronicles Livimbo land legal ownership: Parliamentary committee sends...
A joint parliamentary committee has sent back for the second time two representatives of a businessman under probe for having bought land for a government school at Livimbo in Lilongwe. The joint...
View ArticleBusinessman Muhamad Diab surrenders land: Government to redistribute...
The Lilongwe-based businessman Muhamad Diab has voluntarily surrendered to government some of his vast land which he was not developing for many years. Diab surrendered the land in Lilongwe following...
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