May 22, 2023
Malawi: Chief Justice Bemoans Rising Corruption Cases
Chief Justice Rizine Mzikamanda has bemoaned the rising corruption cases in the country and has since asked Malawians to internalize integrity for the country to register… Read more »
Malawi: Malawi Faith Leaders March Against Homosexuality, Same Sex Marriages
The rise of gayism and lesbianism in Malawi has provoked some faith leaders in Chitipa to march and petition the district commissioner expressing their stand against homosexuality… Read more »
Malawi: Ministry of Health Upbeat to Surpass 9 Million Children in Vaccination Campaign
Officials from Ministry of Health are upbeat they will surpass the nine million children target for the integrated mass immunisation campaign against typhoid, Polio, measles and… Read more »
Malawi: Fire Guts Tikwere House in Lilongwe, Destroys Govt Offices
Government says it has launched an investigation into the fire that gutted Tikwere House in Lilongwe completely destroying some government offices. Read more »
Malawi: Malawi Upbeat of Clinching IMF's Credit Facility As Team Meets Chakwera
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera on Saturday met the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission which is in the country as government officials are upbeat of clinching the… Read more »
Malawi: Malawi Government Revokes All Crop Export Licences Indefinitely
Malawi government through the Ministry of Trade and Industry has revoked all export licences for crops such as soya beans, maize grains, groundnuts, pigeon peas, sunflower, sesame… Read more »
Malawi: Supreme Court Nods Banks to Proceed With Salima-Lilongwe Water Project
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal has granted Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda a stay order on an injunction obtained by Forum for National Development (FND) that stopped… Read more »
Malawi: NBS Bank, FAM Gives Charity Shield Proceeds to Beneficiaries
NBS Bank plc and Football Association of Malawi (FAM) have distributed proceeds from the NBS Charity Shield match and 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers between Malawi… Read more »
Malawi: Lilian Patel Snubs UDF Rally As Atupele Muluzi Thinly Accepts to Lead Party in 2025 Polls
Opposition UDF acting president Lilian Patel on Sunday snubbed a political rally which former party leader Atupele Muluzi held in Blantyre as power struggle in the former ruling… Read more »
Malawi: NBS Bank Introduces 'Open Banking'
NBS Bank has introduced 'open banking', a form of integrational banking that allows other banks and financial institutions to integrate with its system for various payments to… Read more »
Malawi: Natural Resources Minister Usi Addresses UN Disaster Risk Management Meeting in New York
Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change, Michael Usi said whilst Malawi has broadened the task of mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management (DRM) into its national… Read more »
May 18, 2023
Malawi: Chakwera Calls for Speedy Certification Processes to Promote SMEs
President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has called upon authorities at the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) to ensure speedy certification processes, stressing that this is key in… Read more »
Malawi: Chakwera Talks Tough On Egenco Management
President Lazarus Chakwera has given until June the board of the Electricity Generation Company of Malawi EGENCO, to deal with the state run power generating company management for… Read more »
Malawi: Police Round Up Over 300 Refugees, Lock Them Up
Police have forcibly taken over 300 refugees and asylum seekers from townships in Lilongwe to Maula prison as they wait for their relocation back to Dzaleka Refugee camp in Dedza. Read more »
Malawi: Court Finds Wife With Case to Answer in the Murder of Luanar Professor Peter Mumba
The High Court in Lilongwe has found Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) chemistry professor Peter Mumba's wife with a case to answer in the murder of… Read more »
Malawi: MCP, UTM Youth Fight in the Presence of Chakwera, Chilima, Police
President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has openly condemned the fighting between Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM on in Blantyre during a presidential function. Read more »
Malawi: High Court Adjourns Lilongwe-Salima Water Project Case to May 30
Malawi Commercial Division of the High Court in Blantyre has adjourned the Salima-Lilongwe case to May 30, 2023 after Forum for National Development (FND) asked for the… Read more »
Malawi: Chakwera for Increased Productivity for Job, Wealth Creation
President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has challenged small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Malawi to increase productivity in order to complement government efforts to create… Read more »
Malawi: Chinese National Bin Liu Set to Enter Defence in Wildlife Crime Case
Chinese national, Bin Liu, is finally expected to begin defending himself before the Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Court on Friday, 19th May 2023, almost a year after the… Read more »
Malawi: 2023 ICT Expo Opens With a Call to Learn, Connect, Embrace Digital Technology
The 2023 International ICT Expo has opened in Lilongwe with a call to Malawians to learn, connect and embrace the power of digital technology to build a more resilient and… Read more »
Malawi: Taxman Warns Forum for National Development Leader Fryson Chodzi of Outstanding Tax Arrears
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has given a warning notice to national coordinator for Forum for National Development (FND), Fryson Chodzi for outstanding tax arrears amounting to… Read more »
Malawi: Government Repatriates 95 Malawians From War Torn Sudan
Malawi Government has finally flown back home all the 95 Malawians from war torn Sudan. Read more »
May 17, 2023
Malawi: Mutharika Submits Cyclone Freddy Recovery Plan to UN
Former president Peter Mutharika has submitted a K1.4 trillion tropical cyclone Freddy recovery plan to the UN. Read more »
Malawi: Escom to Roll Out Reconfiguration of Electricity Prepaid Meters From June 1
In compliance with new international requirements for transfer of electricity prepayment tokens, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) will from June 1 launch a Token… Read more »
Malawi: Govt Tells Federalism Proponents to Lobby Parliament
Government says proponents of federal system should lobby parliament pass relevant laws instead of calling for such during political rallies. Read more »