June 07
Malawi: Malawi Scales Up Tobacco Harm Reduction Training As 500+ Health Workers Complete New Online Cpd Modules
Nyasa Times
More than 500 nurses and midwives across Malawi have received specialized training on tobacco harm reduction and smoking cessation, with the rollout of new online Continuous… Read more »
Malawi: FOCSU Laments Selective Recruitments and Promotions
Nyasa Times
The Federation of Civil Service Unions (FOCSU) has raised serious concerns regarding the selective implementation of the recruitment and promotion freeze. Read more »
June 05
Malawi: U.S. Visa Restrictions Expose Malawi's Growing International Credibility Problem
Nyasa Times
As the United States marks 250 years of independence, a cloud of uncertainty hangs over thousands of Malawians hoping to study, receive medical treatment, conduct business or visit… Read more »
Malawi: Is This the End of the Amaryllis Hotel Probe?
Nyasa Times
For months, the Amaryllis Hotel acquisition dominated national debate, triggered investigations by multiple institutions, led to frozen bank accounts and raised serious questions… Read more »
Malawi: Can Malawi Make Its Own Medicines? Government's New Tariffs Aim to End Import Dependence
Nyasa Times
The Malawi Government's decision to impose import tariffs of up to 25 percent on selected medicines has sparked intense debate among health and economic experts, with supporters… Read more »
Malawi: U.S. Commits K1.4 Trillion Health Package in Major Boost for Malawi
Nyasa Times
Malawi has received a major vote of confidence from the United States after Washington pledged up to $792 million (about K1.4 trillion) in health sector support over the next five… Read more »
Malawi: Reference Lending Rate Falls From 25.2% to 20.4% in Six Months
Nyasa Times
Malawians have received another encouraging economic boost after commercial banks reduced the reference lending rate for June to 20.4 percent, down from 20.6 percent in May. Read more »
Malawi: Malawi Has Become Dangerously Desensitised to Crisis - CCJP Warns
Nyasa Times
The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) has issued a sobering warning that Malawi is becoming dangerously desensitised to repeated national crises, saying what once… Read more »
June 04
Malawi: Amidst Public Questions, DPP Fostino Maele Discontinues Yet Another Court Case Involving Ruling Party Officials
Nyasa Times
Public scrutiny is intensifying after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Fostino Maele, discontinued yet another high-profile corruption case involving senior figures… Read more »
Malawi: Government Shifts From Subsidies to Mega Farms in Bid to Revive Economy
Nyasa Times
The Malawi Government has unveiled an ambitious economic recovery blueprint that seeks to fundamentally transform how the country produces food, earns foreign exchange and finances… Read more »
Malawi: Government Pulls Sumbuleta From Diplomatic List Without Explanation
Nyasa Times
The government has abruptly withdrawn journalist Aubrey Sumbuleta from Malawi's diplomatic appointments list, triggering questions and speculation after authorities failed to… Read more »
Malawi: Mutharika's Diplomatic Knife Cuts K7.4 Billion a Year From Foreign Missions Bill
Nyasa Times
President Peter Mutharika administration's decision to slash Malawi's diplomatic appointments from 193 to 139 is not merely an administrative adjustment--it is a dramatic attempt… Read more »
Malawi: Medicines Tax Shock - Government Silent As New Tariffs Threaten to Push Up Drug Prices
Nyasa Times
The government is facing mounting questions over its decision to impose new import tariffs on some of Malawi's most commonly used medicines, with officials maintaining a… Read more »
Malawi: Fertilizer Dream Stalled As Dzombe's Mega Plant Awaits Environmental Approval
Nyasa Times
A fertilizer manufacturing plant that promised to transform Malawi's agricultural sector and potentially end the country's dependence on imported fertilizer remains idle months… Read more »
Malawi: Shock As Govt Appoints Murder Suspect Taulo As CEO for Sffrfm
Nyasa Times
There is growing outrage and disbelief following the appointment of murder suspect Paul Limbani Taulo as Chief Executive Officer of the Smallholder Farmers Fertilizer Revolving… Read more »
Malawi: Unima Ranking Sparks Concern Over Malawi's Global Academic Competitiveness
Nyasa Times
The inclusion of the University of Malawi (Unima) in the prestigious 2026 Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) Global 2000 Rankings has been hailed as a national… Read more »
June 03
Africa: More Than 2,000 Malawians Are Trying to Leave South Africa
Scrolla
Malawi's government announced a formal voluntary repatriation on 2 June after vigilante attacks on African migrants spread across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. … Read more »
Malawi: Treasury Suspends Funding for Government Contracts Signed Between 2023 and 2025
Nyasa Times
In one of the most far-reaching fiscal accountability measures in recent years, the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Decentralisation has frozen payments on government… Read more »
Malawi: People With Albinism Face Discrimination, Danger
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June 02
Malawi: Paypal Introduces Digital Dollar to Malawi and Other African Countries
Nyasa Times
American online payment company PayPal has introduced a new digital currency called PayPal USD (PYUSD) in Malawi and 26 other African countries. Read more »
Malawi: Malawi's Tobacco Market Improves, Yet Earnings Remain Below 2025 Levels
Nyasa Times
Six weeks into Malawi's tobacco marketing season, farmers have earned about K120 billion ($68 million) from tobacco sales. But despite hopes for a stronger season, the latest… Read more »
Malawi: Cabinet of Shadows - Who Is Truly Steering the Ship of State?
Nyasa Times
The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) recently issued a press release that was ostensibly meant to calm a nervous nation. Instead, it did the exact opposite. By launching a… Read more »
Malawi: Temwa Chawinga Fires Back At Critics - 'I Could Have Faked an Injury, but I Chose to Be Honest'
Nyasa Times
Malawi women's football superstar Temwa Chawinga has broken her silence and fiercely defended her decision to miss the Scorchers' upcoming international friendly matches against… Read more »
Malawi: New AfDB Financing Model Offers Malawi Lifeline From Donor Dependence
Nyasa Times
A major shift is underway in Africa's development financing, with African leaders backing a bold new plan designed to reduce the continent's dependence on foreign donors and unlock… Read more »
June 01
Malawi: National Shame - 88 Percent of Street Children Have Parents, Government Reveals
Nyasa Times
A shocking government revelation has exposed a painful national crisis: the vast majority of children living on Malawi's streets are not orphans, but children with parents who have… Read more »
