Month: June 2011

Maternal death stalks Malawi’s rural poor

Published on June 27, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

SALIMA, Malawi – She arrived wrapped in a pink blanket, dead. A Toyota pick-up pulled up to the entrance of […]

Power Interconnection Project Costly but Needed

Published on June 27, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

BLANTYRE, Malawi , Jun 27, 2011 (IPS) – In Malawi’s administrative and commercial capitals, Lilongwe and Blantyre, two things are […]

Life in the North | Patience is a virtue…or is it???

Published on June 26, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Hello everyone, Its been a couple of weeks since my last blog but this is life! I was sick for […]

I’m not threatened by young musicians, says Lucius

Published on June 26, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s legendary musician Lucius ‘Soldier’ Banda says new kids on the block are not a threat to him on the […]

Donna Ivey | Back in Malawi

Published on June 26, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Greetings from the beautiful country of Malawi, where the day temps are in the 70s and the nights in the […]

Big Brother Africa Update : Getting Frisky With It!

Published on June 26, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Wendall and Vimbai play wrestled on the bedroom floor just before lights out early Sunday morning. Vimbai and Wendall, who […]

Malawi needs a carnival | Daniso

Published on June 26, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Reading the June 25th local papers, I was again struck by the fact that the president’s tribe is unashamedly being […]

Malawi House summons president over fuel crisis

Published on June 26, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Opposition legislators in Malawi have summoned President Bingu wa Mutharika to appear before Parliament Monday to answer questions on fuel […]

MALAWI: Rain for sale

Published on June 26, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

If you think God holds all His divine powers, rights and patents to produce rainfall and let glorious gates in […]

Bingu hits back at IMF; tells Malawians ‘I know what I’m doing’

Published on June 26, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

BLANTYRE–Pres Bingu wa Mutharika, whose cash-strapped government is grappling with a crippling fuel shortage, has hit back at the International […]

Malawi refuses to devalue currency

Published on June 26, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Blantyre – Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika said on Saturday he would not take International Monetary Fund (IMF) advice to […]

In Today’s Bizarre News: Woman Has A Heart Attack And Dies At Her Own Funeral

Published on June 24, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

How did this happen? Quite the emotional roller coaster this whole ordeal had to have put this woman and her family […]

10 Ways To Feel Confident With Women

Published on June 24, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Here is our usual Friday Life Skill Article, since father’s day just passed we dedicated this weeks article to our […]

Eight banks on shaky ground

Published on June 24, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

AN inquiry into the general state of the banking sector ahead of next week’s deadline for local banks to meet […]

Malaria Vaccine On Final Phase Of Clinical Trials In Seven Countries

Published on June 24, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

LILONGWE (Malawi), June 22 (BERNAMA-NNN-IRIN) — The malaria vaccine that has eluded medical science for decades is now within reach, […]

Rural women in Africa should be getting a lot more from trees

Published on June 24, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Women, who are the backbone of agricultural production in Africa, are not profiting nearly as much as they could from […]

Phoya ‘s Straight Talk interview: Transcript

Published on June 24, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

BLANTYRE – (Malawi Democrat) Member of Parliament for Blantyre Rural East and chairman of Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee Henry Duncan […]

Lake Malawi Tops The Lists

Published on June 24, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Yahoo Travel has voted Lake Malawi as the number one most beautiful lake in the world. The lake, which stretches […]