April 11

• Malawi: Govt Responds in Madonna 'Special Treatment' Row

  The Malawian government has criticised American pop icon Madonna, accusing her of exaggerating her contributions to the Southern African country and unreasonably demanding special... Read more »

April 03

• Malawi: Malawian President Seeks Clarity On Border Dispute From International Court

  President Joyce Banda has said that Malawi will urgently take the border dispute with Tanzania to the UN's International Court of Justice (ICJ) after claiming the intervention by... Read more »

March 13

• Malawi: Mutharika's Brother Among Several Held On Treason Charges

  A brother of the late Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika was arrested with 11 government officials and former cabinet ministers on Monday on treason charges, according to Malawi's... Read more »

February 20

• Malawi: Striking Workers Threaten to Close Airport - Report

  Striking civil servants in Malawi have threatened government with the closure of the country's main airport in the capital, Lilongwe, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Read more »

January 29

• Malawi: Banda to Auction Presidential Jet

  Malawi's Capital FM has reported that the Malawian government is offering its 14-seat presidential jet, worth more than U.S.$13m five years ago, to the highest bidder. Read more »

November 13, 2012

• East Africa: U.S. to Send Medics to Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda [interview]

  A new program to send doctors and nurses as volunteers to Africa is gathering momentum and aims to fill a training gap among Africa's medical... Read more »

October 04, 2012

• Malawi: President Slashes Her Own Salary

  Malawian President Joyce Banda has decided to cut her salary by 30% in support of her government's austerity measures. Read more »

June 15, 2012

• Malawi: Mutharika Family Slams Govt Probe Into Former President's Death

  Malawian president, Joyce Banda, has stated that the country will investigate the death of its former president, Bingu wa Mutharika, despite his family's opposition, AFP reports. Read more »

June 12, 2012

• Malawi: Kangaroo Care Helps Malawi Leap Forward

  Malawi, one of Africa's poorest nations, has made significant progress in improving the survival of newborns and is on track to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goal... Read more »

June 08, 2012

• Africa: Malawi Says No to Hosting AU Summit

  The Vice President, Khumbo Kachali, has announced that Malawi will not be hosting the African Union summit, Face of Malawi has reported. Read more »

April 27, 2012

• Malawi: President Banda Announces Her New Cabinet

  Malawian President Joyce Banda has announced her new 23-member cabinet, which includes members from various political parties. Read more »

April 07, 2012

• Malawi: Banda Asserts Control, Summons Cabinet

  Malawi's Vice-President Joyce Banda made a bid to take control of the country on Saturday, announcing the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika and calling a Cabinet meeting. Read more »

• Malawi: Ministers in Bid to Block V-P From Taking Power

  The struggle for power in Malawi came out into the open on Friday night when a group of Cabinet ministers appeared at a news conference to declare that Vice-President Joyce Banda... Read more »

April 06, 2012

• Malawi: How Vice-President Joyce Banda Fell Out With President Mutharika [interview]

  Malawi's Vice-President Joyce Banda gave her view of the deterioration of her relationship with President Bingu wa Mutharika in an interview with AllAfrica last September. She told... Read more »

• Malawi: Chief Justice, U.S. Tell Govt to Transfer Power to V-P

  Malawi's chief justice has told the country's government that it must obey the constitution and transfer power to Vice-President Joyce Banda, reports the Nyasa Times. Read more »

• Malawi: Govt Faces Crisis After Mutharika Dies

  Malawi faced a political crisis on Friday after President Bingu wa Mutharika suffered a heart attack in Lilongwe on Thursday, and was reported on Friday to have died. Read more »

April 05, 2012

• Malawi: President Mutharika Collapses After Heart Attack

  An unconscious President Bingu wa Mutharika was scheduled to be flown to a hospital in South Africa on Thursday night after suffering a heart attack earlier in the day, Malawi... Read more »

March 20, 2012

• Malawi: Ex-President's Son Arrested After Unrest

  A Malawian opposition legislator, Atupele Muluzi, was arrested on Tuesday in the wake of unrest in the capital, Lilongwe, on Sunday. Read more »

March 19, 2012

• Malawi: Police Crack Down After Call for Mutharika to Quit

  Police in Malawi tear-gassed and assaulted opposition supporters and arrested the country's top human rights official in a weekend of rising tension over a call by civil society... Read more »

March 08, 2012

• Africa: Healthcare in Africa - Spectacular but Precarious Progress

  'Spectacular progress', 'huge opportunities' and 'jeopardy and vulnerability' - with these stark headlines the former Global Fund chief, Sir Richard Feachem, framed Africa's past,... Read more »

September 30, 2011

• Malawi: Engaging Local Leaders to Save the Lives of Mothers

  Joyce Banda is Malawi's first female vice president. Before taking office in 2009, Banda served as a member of parliament, minister of Gender, Child Welfare and Community Services,... Read more »

August 22, 2011

• Malawi: President Dissolves Cabinet

  After a series of anti-government protests in Malawi, President Bingu wa Mutharika has dissolved his cabinet, the maravipost has reported. Read more »