Botswana clarifies turning down Malawi Pres.Joyce Banda jet ride
Botswana has explained that the snub on Malawi President Joyce Banda’s request to get a ride in the presidential jet later this month is because President Ian Khama will not travel to the US. The two...
View ArticleMulli can now release his maize to Malawi prisons?
Leston Mulli, or whatever his first name may be, is one interesting businessman. He has the potential to ‘rule’ the entire Malawian business empire as he has already demonstrated before, despite that...
View ArticleMalawi gets £37m in UK health aid to boost supply of drugs – JB delighted
Malawi President Joyce Banda has expressed delight with the announcement UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) that it is giving Malawi £37 million in aid to help tackle HIV and boost...
View ArticleChilumpha says Malawi should embrace God given JB: Attacks DPP
Peoples Party (PP) Vice President responsible for Central Province Dr. Cassim Chilumpha has asked Malawians to embrace the leadership of President Joyce Banda for the country’s economy to fully...
View ArticleTimau: 2014 Malawi polls, the truth as it should be told
Could smartphones help reduce electoral fraud in Africa and in other regions? At a recent forum hosted by the Brookings Institution on the ways that wireless technologies are affecting politics in...
View ArticleObama invites Malawi Pres. Joyce Banda, three other African leaders to White...
US President Barack Obama has invited Malawi President Dr Joyce Banda to the White House on Thursday, March 28, US Ambassodor to Malawi Jeanine Jackson has confirmed in a statement. Ambassodor Jackson...
View ArticleMalawi leader asks Britain for support over first tripartite elections
Malawi President Joyce Banda has appealed to Britain to help her developing country in funding to enable it hold three elections ”the presidential, parliamentary and local government” next year....
View ArticleMalawian government officials in Zambia to buy maize – report
A group of senior Malawi Government officials is in the Zambian capital Lusaka to reportedly buy maize from that government, according to online media reports. Zambian Watchdog quoting unnamed...
View ArticleMalawi denies asking for jet ride: Pres. Banda to visit Botswana, updated
Malawi’s State House has denied asking Botswana presidency to get a ride in the presidential jet. Africa Review reported the story quoting Minister of Foreign Affairs Phandu Skelemani confirmed over...
View ArticleDPP says Malawi coup plotters free to contest at convention: All set for Aprl...
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) hasn’t cancelled its convention slated for April 17 and that its acting president Peter Mutharika and others facing treason charges will be free to contest...
View ArticleMalawi Pres. Banda tells Scottish Parliament: ‘Melody from warm heart of...
Malawian President Dr Joyce Banda on Tuesday addressed the Scottish Parliament at Queensberry House in Edinburgh, Scotland at the end of her three-day official visit. In her speech, President Banda...
View ArticleMalawi lose to Botswana in friendly ahead of Namibia clash
Malawi football team lost 1-0 to Botswana in a friendly encounter on Tuesday at the UB Stadium in Gaborone in readiness of the World Cup qualifiers match against Namibia on Saturday. The Flames, who...
View ArticleMTL increases tariffs for internet, telephone services over Malawi Kwacha...
Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL) is to adjust its tariffs following the depreciation of the Malawi kwacha against its major trading currencies, rising inflation rates and increasing cost of...
View ArticleSt Columba CCAP members fight over President Banda’s cash gift
Misunderstandings have ensued within members of St Columba CCAP Church Praise Team following President Joyce Banda’s K100 000 cash donation. The president donated the money as a token appreciation to...
View ArticleMalawi delays bill to unify electoral laws
The Electoral Harmonization Bill has been differed to next session of Parliament as government reveals it has not yet finalized drafting the bill in readiness for next year’s tripartite elections....
View ArticleMalawi Pres.Banda meets British PM Cameron at 10 Downing Street: Talks...
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Tuesday met British Prime Minister David Cameron at the latter’s official Number 10 Downing Street office in London, the United Kingdom. It was an historic moment for...
View ArticleMutharika coaxes Msaka to join front-line politics
Acting president of former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Peter Mutharika is reportedly luring interdicted State Chief Secretary Bright Msaka to join his party and front-line politics...
View ArticleMalawi Police losing more officers to Aids-report
HIV and Aids is one of the challenges devastating the Malawi Police Service with the virus claiming lives of many skilled officers, Blantyre police annual report has disclosed. Released on March 19,...
View ArticlePres. Banda beckons investors at UK-Malawi trade and investment forum
Malawi is “open for business” and is attracting investors, this is the message President Dr Joyce Banda made on Wednesday in her address at the start of the UK-Malawi Trade and Investment Forum, at...
View ArticleCameron praises Malawi’s Joyce Banda in British Parliament on PM questions time
Malawi President Dr Joyce Banda on Wednesday won a ringing endorsement from the British Prime Minister David Cameroon at Parliament, Westminister in London. Cameron who met President Banda on Tuesday,...
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