Doctors give Mtambo clean hill of health after suspected poisoning
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) chairperson Timothy Mtambo was onchecked on by medical doctors after suspected poisoning. The fierce and vocal rights activist’s lawyer Khwima Chizi said the...
View ArticleHealth minister impressed with construction works of Phalombe Hospital
Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango has expressed satisfaction with the construction works of a multi-million kwacha state of the art Phalombe District Hospital currently in progress. He...
View ArticleIMF trim programs review delegation to Malawi over Coronavirus: Confirmed...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has trimmed its team which is in the country for a review of its programs due to the ravaging coronavirus outbreak which has been labelled a pandemic by the...
View ArticleRights activists granted bail: Malawi court impose gagging conditions
Lilongwe Magistrate Court has grated bail three prominent human rights activists who were detained this week for planning to hold protests aimed at shutting down presidential residences. Two members...
View ArticleChimulirenji uses state vice presidency security detail
Government has not withdrawn the state vice presidency security detail for Minister of Disaster Management Affairs and Public Events Everton Chimulirenji, a month after the Constitutional Court fired...
View ArticleLaw professor accuses MEC over contradictions
A prominent law professor has accused the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) of double standards and contradictions after hiring South African lawyers for the election case when it says it has no money...
View ArticleMalawi Supreme Court refuses to grant stay order: Preparations for fresh...
The Supreme Court of Appeal panel of seven judges has declined a request by President Peter Mutharika and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to grant the stay order on the judgement by the...
View ArticleCentral Medical Stores confirms lack of medicine in Malawi hospitals due to...
Public hospitals are fast running out essential medical drugs because suppliers have stopped supplying the drugs to The Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) because of the government failure to pay...
View ArticleDPP prevailing divisions over presidential succession plan – Commentator
A local renowned governance commentator has said the absence of a clear succession path often leads to political parties losing political direction, saying the governing Democratic Progressive Party...
View ArticleMtambo defiant, says ‘change movement’ unstoppable
Fierce and prominent human rights activist Timothy Mtambo has come out of police custody on bail defiantly saying will not stop pressing President Peter Mutharika fire Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC)...
View ArticleMEC hires ‘struck off’ lawyer from South Africa: Malawi Law Society misleads...
Malawi Law Society has been faulted for misleading the Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda on the issue of South African lawyers hired by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to help in the presidential...
View ArticleArsenal manager tests positive for coronavirus
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for coronavirus. The Gunners have closed their training ground and club staff who had recent contact with Arteta will now self-isolate. The Premier...
View ArticleCombating coronavirus requires resources, commitment, and social responsibility
If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on...
View ArticleAfcon qualifiers will go ahead despite coronavirus fears – CAF
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said qualifying matches for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations will go on as scheduled despite fears from some quarters on the global crisis of corona virus....
View ArticleMalawi drifting towards police state, says activist Kajoloweka
Mzuzu-based Youth and Society (YAS) executive director Charles Kajoloweka has accused the government of a “complete abuse” of the Malawi Police Services for political reasons thereby turning the...
View ArticleAdmarc to start buying produce in April: Nankhumwa advises farmers against...
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumw, has disclosed that Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) will this year commence the buying of produce...
View ArticleUNHCR donates housing units for displaced people
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday donated 272 housing units for instant use by displaced people. UNHCR donated the much improved and durable tents to the Ministry...
View ArticleChakwera, SKC tell President Mutharika to comply with court ruling on Malawi...
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera State vice-president Saulos Klaus Chilima (SKC), who is also UTM Party leader, have jointly called on President Peter Mutharika to...
View ArticleMalawi lose to Zambia in international friendly
Malawi national football team on Thursday lost 1-0 to Zambia in a strength testing match in preparations for its back to back 2021 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. Zambia scored the lone goal through...
View ArticleRef Kwimbira passes fitness test ahead of Chan
Malawian elite female referee Bernadettar Kwimbira Nzika has passed the referees fitness test in Rabat, Morocco where she is taking part in a five day Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Course in...
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