Malawi: Over 200 Graduates From 72 Countries As Bushiri Hails a New Generation of Faith-Driven Global Leaders

Over 200 students from 72 countries have graduated with Diplomas in Theology in Leadership and Business Innovation from the International School of Seers (ISOS) under the ECG-Jesus… Read more »

Malawi: Chimwendo Spends First Night At Maula Prison As Court Denies Freedom

Senior Malawi Congress Party (MCP) official Richard Chimwendo Banda has spent his first night at Maula Prison after a court ordered that he be remanded in custody pending a ruling… Read more »

Malawi: Grant-Aided Schools Stick to Boarding Fees, Exposing Limits of 'Free' Secondary Education

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government's much-touted free secondary education policy will not be entirely free for thousands of learners in grant-aided schools, as… Read more »

Malawi: The MK5 Billion Secret - How a Hidden Forex Cartel Is Trying to Destroy the First Vice President

For the past few days, there have been sustained and coordinated media attacks against the First Vice President, Right Honourable Dr Jane Ansah. These attacks were triggered by a… Read more »

Malawi: 'No More Talk' - CSOs Issue Hard Ultimatum to DPP On Corruption, Austerity and Economic Recovery

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have issued a blunt and uncompromising set of demands to the new Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration, insisting that governance… Read more »

Malawi: Relocation Order Meets Reality - MEC Silent As Logistical, Staffing Challenges Test Government Directive

More than two months after President Peter Mutharika's Executive Order directing key public institutions to relocate their headquarters, the exercise is exposing sharp contrasts in… Read more »

Malawi: Years of Delays, Billions At Stake - Malawi's Public Infrastructure Projects in Crisis

A stark symbol of Malawi's continuing struggle with public infrastructure development stands incomplete in its commercial capital. The K6 billion Blantyre Police Complex, now three… Read more »

Malawi: Elections Brought a Return to Power - But Not Reform

Malawi voted for economic rescue. What it is getting instead is a dangerous stress test of the rule of law, institutional independence, and democratic restraint. Read more »

Malawi: Malawi Faces Tough Choices in $740 Million Health Deal With the U.S.

Malawi is under pressure to decide whether to accept a five-year $740 million (K1.3 trillion) health financing deal with the United States. The deal, which must be concluded by… Read more »

Malawi: Government Silent On Costs of Jane Ansah's UK Trip As Austerity Bites

The government has come under growing pressure to explain its silence over the cost and justification of Vice President Dr Jane Ansah's private trip to the United Kingdom, at a… Read more »

Malawi: Will Mutharika Sign or Stop It? President Weighs Fate of Controversial CDF Constitutional Bill

President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika is facing a defining constitutional moment as he scrutinises the highly contentious Constitution (Amendment) Bill No. 2 of 2025, a law… Read more »

Malawi: Begging for Food Abroad, Feasting On Luxury At Home - Malawi's Leadership Exposed Direct and Brutal

What is unfolding in Malawi today is not merely a scandal of excessive travel or poor optics; it is a brutal exposé of moral bankruptcy at the very heart of political… Read more »

Malawi: Austerity for the Poor, Luxury for the Powerful - Questions Mount Over Vice President's Bloated UK Entourage

A storm has erupted on social media and in governance circles after respected governance commentator Onjezani Kenani questioned the sheer size of Vice President Dr Jane Ansah's… Read more »

Malawi: High Court Nullifies Nsanje South MP Election, Orders Fresh Poll

The High Court sitting in Blantyre has ordered a fresh parliamentary election in Nsanje South Constituency, citing serious irregularities in the manner the Malawi Electoral… Read more »

Malawi: A Lifeline Stolen - How Civil Servants Hijacked FISP While Farmers Starved

Government has finally moved to clamp down on the industrial-scale abuse of the Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme (Fisp) by its own employees, ordering councils to recover fertiliser… Read more »

Malawi: Chaponda to Meet Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov Over Malawians Linked to Ukraine War

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. George Chaponda is set to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss concerns over Malawians believed to be involved in the… Read more »

Malawi: Court Blasts State, Sets Aside Faulty Search Warrant in Chithyola Case

In a landmark ruling, Senior Resident Magistrate Bracious Kondowe in Lilongwe decisively slammed the State over a bungled attempt to search fertilizer alleged to have been… Read more »

Malawi: Only 35% Redeem FISP Inputs As Fertiliser Window Closes, Raising Food Security Alarm

With maize crops across the country entering the most critical growth stage that demands fertiliser application, Malawi is staring at a looming food security disaster as only 384… Read more »

Malawi: APM Quietly Settles Into Kamuzu Palace As Secrecy Clouds Billions Spent On State Residences

President Peter Mutharika has returned to and fully occupied Kamuzu Palace nearly three months after the State Residences were publicly declared uninhabitable -- a development that… Read more »

Malawi: Road Works Stall As Government Fails to Pay K218bn Fuel Levy

Malawi's collapsing road network is no accident of fate or technical failure -- it is the direct result of deliberate policy decisions and fiscal indiscipline that have starved the… Read more »

Malawi: CDF War Refuses to Die - Parliament, Councils Lock Horns As Mutharika Holds the Key

The long-running power struggle over control of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has flared up again, exposing deep and unresolved fault lines between Parliament and local… Read more »

Malawi: Malawi Tumbles in Infrastructure Transparency Index, Scores a Meagre 25 Points

Malawi has suffered a major credibility blow in the management of public infrastructure after scoring a paltry 25.41 points in the newly released Infrastructure Transparency Index… Read more »

Malawi: Minister Phiri Challenges Councils to Deliver Results Beyond Titles

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Ben Phiri has questioned the relevance and performance of local government authorities in Malawi. Read more »

Malawi: Like a Resting Lion, Mumba Watches As Government Stumbles

Like a lion lying low in the tall grass -- silent, observant, and deliberate -- independent Member of Parliament for Mzimba Central, Hon. Eng. Vitumbiko A.Z. Mumba, emerged from… Read more »

Malawi: Analysis | the Politics of Silence

In politics, noise is often mistaken for power. Silence, however, can be far more unsettling -- especially when it comes from someone who has proven, time and again, that he knows… Read more »