Month: June 2011

Big Tobacco Gets Intimate with Girls and Women with Kiss Cigarettes

Published on June 22, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Kiss cigarettes are produced under the supervision of the British “Innovation Tobacco Company” using the best tobaccos Virginia and Barley. “Innovation Tobacco Company” […]

Ethiopia: Master’s Scholarship in Energy Technology at the Ethiopian Institute of Technology

Published on June 22, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Call for Scholarship application for M.Sc. Program in Energy Technology in the Mechanical Engineering Department, Ethiopian Institute of Technology, Mekelle […]

CHART: Things That Annoy Me About NGOs Working In Malawi

Published on June 22, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s musical turn

Published on June 22, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

No mud, no rain, no queues – the Lake of Stars festival is a music extravaganza with a difference. Our […]

Tax relief for NGOs is scrapped by Malawi gov. A way to limit NGO activity?

Published on June 22, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

WRITTEN BY WEZZIE NKHOMA SOMBA Council for Non Governmental organizations in Malawi (Congoma) has said it feels betrayed by President […]

Malawi’s female boxer wins first international bout

Published on June 22, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

MZUZU–She fought like an Amazon with one objective in mind—to conquer and trim to size her opponent Hamisa Willy willy-nilly […]

BBA: Malawi’s Felicia, Lomwe among 8 for eviction

Published on June 22, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

BLANTYRE–Malawian housemates Lomwe and Felicia are among the eight Heads housemates up for eviction this Sunday, the first that a […]

Flames face Brave Warriors on July 6

Published on June 22, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

MZUZU (Malawi Democrat) – Malawi will face Namibia in an international friendly on July 6 to mark the country’s independence […]

Island paradise at Mumbo, Malawi

Published on June 22, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

This latest report just in from our roving travel correspondent and newlywed, Susie Vester, who spent her honeymoon on Mumbo […]

Phoya refuses to endorse Peter Mutharika, DPP popurality drops

Published on June 22, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Founding member of ruling DPP and Blantyre Rural East MP Henry Dama Phoya (HDP) says he could not endorse President […]

New York Same-Sex Marriage Vote Not Expected Today

Published on June 21, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

The big vote on legalizing same-sex marriage in New York could still come in the state senate today — the […]

Facebook Music Could Be Mark Zuckerberg’s Best Invention

Published on June 21, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Mark Zuckerberg’s creations tend to be creepy: Disturbingly personalized ads, 1984ish facial recognition, and the reprehensible forced sharing of personal […]

Tunisian Dictator and Wife Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

Published on June 21, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

The first of what is likely to be several verdicts in the case of exiled Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben […]

Globe Metals & Mining delegation reaffirm commitment to niobium project in Malawi

Published on June 21, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Globe Metals & Mining (ASX: GBE) sent a formal delegation to Malawi in early June to introduce partner ECE to […]

Trafigula Group takes over BP Malawi

Published on June 21, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

British Petroleum (BP) Malawi has become part of a US$296 million acquisition of Trafigula Group’s PUMA Energy that bought BP […]

Nation Malawi on fuel shortage and minibus fare increases

Published on June 21, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

The ongoing erratic supply of fuel is causing misery to most Malawians, with minibus fares and other basic needs going […]

IMF casts doubt on Malawi growth forecasts

Published on June 21, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

LILONGWE, June 20 (Reuters) – Malawi government’s economic growth forecasts of 6.9 percent for this year and 6.6 percent for next […]

All hands on deck to turn historic ship into floating clinic

Published on June 21, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

(CNN) — An ambitious project to turn Malawi’s oldest ship into a floating clinic could save thousands of lives around […]