February 20, 2013
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, 2013
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
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
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 »
July 25, 2011
Malawi: South Africa Condemns Crackdown on Country's Protesters
The South African government has condemned the Malawi government for last week's crackdown on protesters, and called on both sides to make "more conciliatory efforts" to bridge… Read more »
July 21, 2011
Malawi: Anti-Govt Protests Spark New Clashes
Renewed clashes and violence were reported from towns in Malawi on Thursday, a day after thousands of protesters marched against the government. Read more »
July 20, 2011
Malawi: Anti-Govt Protests Erupt in Clashes
Riot police beat up and arrested about 40 leaders of anti-government protests in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, after protesters defied a court injunction stopping the demonstrations,… Read more »
May 20, 2011
Malawi: UK Suspends Aid to Country
Malawi has lost aid from Britain and Germany after expressing concerns about poor governance in the country. This decision, according to the Nyasa Times, was taken because of… Read more »
April 28, 2011
Malawi: Government Expels British Envoy
The Malawi government has informed the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London that High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyet is "persona non grata" in the impoverished… Read more »
February 15, 2011
Malawi: Civil Society Warns of More Fuel Crisis Protests
Organisers of demonstrations against Malawi's chronic fuel crisis have vowed to continue their protests despite being stopped by police on Monday, reports the Nyasa Times. Read more »