Malawi receives K175m medical drugs from AmeriCares: No drugs procurement...
United States of America (USA) based organization, AmeriCares has donated to government medical drugs worth K175 million (bout $500 000) after personal intervention of President Joyce Banda who...
View ArticleMalawi Police rearrest Asian defiler: Charged for illegal possessing of firearms
Malawi Police on Tuesday re-arrested a 60-year-old Asian businessman Abdul Sattar Hassan who was on bail for allegedly defiling teenage girls in Zomba. This time he was picked on suspicion of...
View ArticleMalawi VP Kachali hints on PP cold war: ‘Stop politics of hatred’
Malawi Vice President, Khumbo Kachali has hinted that ruling People’s Party (PP) has been rocked by ’cold war’ ahead of next year’s tripartite elections. There have been fevered speculations that...
View ArticleMalawi Catholic bishops hold first plenary meeting 2013
Catholic bishops in Malawi are holding their first plenary meeting for this year from January 28 to February 1 2013. Meeting at the Catholic secretariat in Lilongwe the bishops will discuss among...
View ArticleMalawi halt MK70 bn green belt project in Nkhotakota
The Malawi Government has stopped the implementation of an African Development Bank funded project meant to boost sugar cane farming in Nkhotakota District following tensions which led to sporadic...
View ArticleMalawians still need death penalty- Report
Many people Malawi are supporting for the retention and implementation of capital punishment on the offenders. This has been revealed by the Malawi’s Attorney general Antony Kamanga who was opening the...
View ArticleMalawi Pres Banda calls for equal opportunities for disabled: Impresses at...
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Wednesday at the Special Olympics in South Korea took the centre stage to answer questions from journalists on what the third world is doing to improve lives of people...
View ArticleChief Kyungu weighs in on PP ‘cold war’: Beware of Confusionists
Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga on Tuesday warned the ruling People’s Party (PP) to be careful of individuals in the party who, he said, may cause confusion if not handled carefully. The chief was...
View ArticleTerm limits for Malawi MPs, groups campaign
Two of Malawi’s vocal organisations have said the country needs to come up with term limits for Members of Parliament (MPs) as is the case with presidents to facilitate substantial development in...
View ArticlePP’s meeting discuss Atupele’s age: Muluzi says ‘baby’ born ‘78
Malawi’s ruling People’s Party (PP) officials are reported to have met at Kampala’s Lodge in Mangochi over the weekend with lawmaker Yusuf Matumula proposing that they should scheme against UDF...
View ArticleWorld Bank approves K245bn to support Malawi economic recovery
The World Bank board of executive directors has approved to release its new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) to support Malawi’s effort to diversify the economy with US$ 695 million (about K245...
View ArticlePaladin reports Malawi VP Kachali to ACB over alleged ‘extortion’
Australian uranium miner, Paladin Energy Limited, operators of the Kayerekera mine in Karonga district has lodged an official complaint with Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) following allegations that...
View ArticleMalawi grain marketer ADMARC forced to ration maize
The state grain marketer, ADMARC, has started rationing maize with only 500 metric tonnes in its reserves as almost two million people in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, have run...
View ArticleMalawi parliament security officers threaten strike over unpaid allowances
Malawi Police officers who provide security at the country’s parliament building in Lilongwe are considering the possibility of going on strike if their allowances are not paid in full by the end of...
View ArticleLaw Society say Malawi drugs shortage violates the rights of citizens: PAC to...
The Malawi Law Society (MLS) has commented on reports that that public hospitals, especially district and referral centers in the country, have run out of 95 percent of essential drugs, saying the...
View ArticleMalawi Pres Banda courts Korea congresswoman on education for people with...
Malawi President Joyce Banda has held bilateral talks with Korean Congresswoman Na Kyung – Won who is also chairperson of the Special Olympics expressing her concerns of lack of qualified and well...
View ArticleMalawi declares position over Lake Malawi wrangle with Tanzania
Malawi Government authorities have submitted the country’s official position to the Africa Forum for Former Heads of State and Government over the ongoing border dispute with Tanzania over Lake Malawi....
View ArticleMalawi must protect people from catastrophic medical spending
Recent news reports of drug shortages in public hospitals are unfortunately not news. Far from being an isolated lapse, such deadly shortfalls are a perennial problem. Insufficient services,...
View ArticleL Devraj pledges continued support to Malawi youth programmes
L Devraj, one of Malawi’s leading designer clothing shops based in the commercial city of Blantyre, has promised to continue supporting projects that have a positive impact on Malawian youths. The...
View ArticleJoyce Banda playing for international stage, yet Malawi situation is hopeless
Is it justifiable for African leaders to prioritise international recognition at the expense of the welfare of their people? No- if you ask most pan-African commentators. Yes- according to some African...
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