While the move to devalue the currency may boost trade, the country's poor are bearing the brunt of even higher food and energy costs. Read more »

The two countries signed two memoranda of understanding, aimed at encouraging co-operation in the area of energy. Read more »

With three years to go to the Millennium Development Goals' target of 2015, the debate should perhaps move to what kind of targets should be set for the future, writes IRIN. Read more »

The two countries are looking forward to end previous hostilities and improve relations of cooperation and good neighbourliness after a diplomatic visit by Malawi's new president ... Read more »

Two years into what the African Union has declared the "Women's Decade", President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and her Malawian counterpart President Joyce Banda have both ... Read more »

President Joyce Banda of Malawi says that Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, is not welcome to attend the ... Read more »

At the Freedom Day celebration president Jacob Zuma said South Africa has made significant strides since democracy in improving and extending basic services. Read more »

Malawi's new president Joyce Banda joined the country as it celebrates 18 years of freedom and commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on this day in 1994. Read more »

Malawian President Joyce Banda has announced her 23-member cabinet which has seen many key ministers being replaced. Read more »

Leaders from across the continent attended the funeral of Malawi's president, Bingu wa Mutharika who died of a heart attack. Read more »