December 24, 2025
Malawi: Magla Destroys Illegal Gaming Machines
The Malawi Gaming and Lotteries Authority (MAGLA) has destroyed 24 illegal gaming machines valued at K20 million following a court order issued against a Chinese operator who was… Read more »
Malawi: 2025 Year in Review - the Year Malawi's Economy Buckled Under Debt, Inflation and Hunger
Malawi closed 2025 bruised, battered and poorer--an economy trapped in high inflation, crushing debt and deepening hunger, with ordinary citizens paying the price for years of… Read more »
December 19, 2025
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 »
December 23, 2025
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 »
December 22, 2025
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: Dodma Rolls Out Lifeline As Hunger Bites Mzimba, Nkhata Bay and Kasungu
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has stepped up efforts to save thousands of vulnerable families from hunger, launching the Lean Season Response Programme in… 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: Gangata Launches Kabaza Day to Honour Victims and Confront Rising Motorcycle Accidents
Minister of State Alfred Gangata on Monday launched Kabaza Day, a national initiative aimed at remembering people who have died or sustained life-changing injuries in… Read more »
Malawi: Veep Ansah Under Fire Over K2.3 Billion UK Trip to Attend Husband's 80th Birthday As Austerity Crumbles
Vice President Dr Jane Ansah has come under fierce public and civil society attack following revelations that she is travelling to the United Kingdom with a large, taxpayer-funded… Read more »
Malawi: Overloaded and Abandoned - Malawi High Commission Steps in After SA Authorities Impound Bus Carrying 117 Passengers
The Malawi High Commission in South Africa was forced into emergency intervention after South African authorities impounded a dangerously overloaded Malawian bus, leaving more than… Read more »
Malawi: SKC Foundation Calls for Climate Change, Plants 800 Trees
The Board Chairperson of the Saulos Klaus Chilima (SKC) Foundation, Mary Chilima has called on different stakeholders to embrace the 2025-2026 tree planting season to combat… Read more »
Malawi: FDH Bank, Lions Club Partner in Nationwide Tree-Planting Drive
FDH Bank Plc has partnered with Lions Club Malawi in a nationwide tree-planting initiative, committing K12 million towards the procurement of seedlings as part of its environmental… Read more »
Malawi: From the Field to the Feed - Celebrating Urunji Mezuwa, Malawi's Social Media Farming Maverick
As the world steadily shrinks into a global village powered by digitisation, countries everywhere are racing to harness the power of technology. Read more »
December 21, 2025
Malawi: Thom Mpinganjira's Magic Touch Delivers Wanderers Glory As Nomads End Eight-Year Title Wait
The magic of businessperson genius Thom Mpinganjira was unmistakable at Kamuzu Stadium yesterday as Mighty Wanderers swept aside Moyale Barracks 6-0 to clinch the TNM Super League… 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 »
December 18, 2025
Malawi: Prophet Shepherd Bushiri Named Philanthropist of the Year At Zikomo Africa Awards
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has been honoured as Philanthropist of the Year at the prestigious Zikomo Africa Awards, held Wednesday night in Tanzania, in recognition of his remarkable… Read more »
Malawi: 'Wa Visa' - High-Pay Unsafe Sex Driving HIV Risk Nationwide
A growing practice known as wa visa, in which sex workers engage in unprotected sex with trusted, higher-paying clients, is emerging as a key driver of Malawi's HIV epidemic,… 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 »
