UNICEF launches compulsory universal birth registration to protect children from abuses in Malawi

Newborn Joshou Nandola is bundled warmly in a big woolly blanket. Joshou’s name is written on his birth report. Joshou […]

Joyce Banda appoints Mbendera as MEC chair, Msosa out

Malawi president Joyce Banda has appointed Judge Maxon Mbendera as new chairperson for Malawi Electoral Commission with effect from Thursday, […]

Peter Mutharika summons brother’s widow, family

Peter Mutharika, younger brother to Malawi’s late president Bingu wa Mutharika, has summoned his brother’s widow Callista and her step […]

Britain speaks on Malawi, Tanzania border dispute

Britain, Malawi’s former colonial master, has urged both Malawi and Tanzania to resolve the ongoing border dispute peacefully amid tension […]

Black-out not targeting areas – Escom

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) says it is not targeting specific areas in the extended load shedding exercise […]

Malawi to get US$1bn in aid

Malawi’s finance minister Ken Lipenga says he is confident Malawi will receive in excess of US$1 billion (K315 billion) in […]

Ghana FA sends condolences to Malawi’s Walter Nyamilandu

Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi has on behalf of the sport body commiserated with the President of the Football […]

PP officials implicated in portraits scam

Following the publication of a story in our last week’s edition where some District Commissioners complained that some private suppliers […]

Malawi Chief Justice swears Local Government Commissioners

The Local Government Service Commission in Malawi (LASCOM) has new commissioners. President Joyce Banda appointed the six commissioners to rejuvenate […]

University of York helps improve mental health care in Malawi

The University of York is leading a vital international project to establish community-based mental health care in Malawi, one of […]

Flames primed for mission impossible

Malawi is determined to cast demons of a 2-0 deficit, a bumpy pitch and a curse of suspensions when facing […]

Malawi asks United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to mediate in Tanzania border tussle

Malawi has asked United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to mediate in its Lake Malawi boundary dispute with Tanzania, a […]

Preview: Ghana Vs Malawi

It’s the final moments in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, yet Ghana, with one foot in the South […]

Mulli Brothers chucked off Farm Input Subsidy Programme list

There is mist over how the Ministry of Agriculture removed Mulli Brothers Limited from a list of transporters for the […]

Malawi minister tours border amid simmering tension with Tanzania

Malawian Foreign Affairs Minister Ephraim Nganda Chiume, on Thursday led a team of government officials on a tour of the […]

Callista, Bingu wa Mutharika’s children fight over property

Malawi’s former first lady Callista Mutharika and children of her late husband, former president Bingu wa Mutharika, verbally fought on […]

Malawi ready to face Ghana – Kinnah

Malawi coach Kinnah Phiri says his side have an ‘unfinished business’ against Ghana in Saturday’s decisive 2013 Africa Cup of […]

Rooney named England captain

Wayne Rooney has been named England captain for Friday’s World Cup qualifier with San Marino. England boss Roy Hodgson has […]

AfDB African Economic Outlook

The country’s Field Office of the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched the 2012 African Economic Outlook (AEO) report in Malawi […]

Two children rescued from satanism inferno

Two children residing in ZoloZolo township in Mzuzu on Sunday endured death allegedly premeditated by their Aunt Vitumbiko Myota via […]

Monsanto Malawi warns on fake seed vending

Monsanto Malawi has called upon the general public to assist in raising alarms on fake seed vending in this year’s […]