Month: March 2016

Who is al-Shabab journalist Hassan Hanafi?

Published on March 4, 2016 by FACE OF MALAWI

Somali journalist Hassan Hanafi was sentenced to death by firing squad by a Mogadishu court on Thursday after conspiring with the al-Shabab […]

Is this a turning point for Burundi?

Published on March 4, 2016 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby just met Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza at a mountain-top hotel complex near Kayanza in northern Burundi. […]

POLICE RESCUES SUSPECTED WITCH FROM IRATE MOB IN KASUNGU

Published on March 4, 2016 by Robert Ngwira

There was commotion at Linga Headquarters of Traditional Authority Mwase in Kasungu, on Tuesday, where people gathered and bayed for […]

‘Do not come to Europe’ – EU’s Tusk

Published on March 4, 2016 by FACE OF MALAWI

European Council President Donald Tusk has warned economic migrants who do not have the correct papers against traveling to Europe, during […]

CLOSED MALAWI’s CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN MANGOCHI TO REOPEN ON MARCH 7

Published on March 4, 2016 by Robert Ngwira

Management of the DMI-St. John the Baptist University, a catholic university runs by the Sisters of Daughters of Mary Immaculate, […]

Record number of presidential candidates in Benin

Published on March 4, 2016 by FACE OF MALAWI

On Sunday people in Benin are voting for their new president. And the ballot papers are going to have to be long […]

African peacekeepers implicated in UN sex abuse claims

Published on March 4, 2016 by FACE OF MALAWI

Allegations of sexual exploitation or sexual abuse by United Nations peacekeepers have increased, according to a new UN report. There […]

Oscar Pistorius denied leave to appeal for Steenkamp murder

Published on March 4, 2016 by FACE OF MALAWI

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been denied leave to appeal against his conviction for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. […]

NSANJE TRAGEDY: WATCH HOW SEVEN PEOPLE WERE TORCHED TO DEATH BY IRATE VILLAGERS

Published on March 4, 2016 by Robert Ngwira

Various commentators in the country have trashed the recent incident that happen in Nsanje where seven people were gruesomely burnt […]

TWO CHILDREN REPORTED DEAD AFTER EATING POISONED FOOD IN DOWA

Published on March 4, 2016 by Robert Ngwira

Two children of the same family died while another child and their mother have been admitted to Dowa District hospital […]

British Airways pays pilot Simon Wood Africa abuse victims

Published on March 4, 2016 by FACE OF MALAWI

British Airways has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money to children who were sexually abused by one of […]

ABDUCTED ALBINO BOY KILLED IN MACHINGA

Published on March 4, 2016 by Robert Ngwira

Police in Machinga have confirmed the death of an albino boy abducted last week in the district. Speaking in an […]

MERA HIKES FUEL PUMP PRICES

Published on March 4, 2016 by Robert Ngwira

As the country continues to experience the pinch in economy following the nose diving of the kwacha against major foreign […]

Nigeria fuel shortages ground flights

Published on March 2, 2016 by FACE OF MALAWI

Around 200 Arik Air passengers were stranded as domestic and international flights from Nigeria’s biggest domestic airline were grounded earlier due to a lack of […]

VILLAGERS CONTRADICT POLICE OVER NSANJE TRAGEDY

Published on March 2, 2016 by Robert Ngwira

As debate continues over the Nsanje tragedy where seven people were burnt to death by irate villagers for being found […]

East Africa mulls ban on used clothes

Published on March 2, 2016 by FACE OF MALAWI

One of the issues being discussed by the leaders of the East African Community (EAC) today in Arusha, Tanzania, is […]

Africa’s richest man ‘gets richer’

Published on March 2, 2016 by FACE OF MALAWI

Africa’s richest man, Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, has risen up the annual Forbes list of world billionaires, with his fortune increasing to $15.4bn […]

MBS BANS CHIBUKU PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION BY LL PLANT

Published on March 2, 2016 by Robert Ngwira

Information reaching FaceofMalawi indicates that Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has with immediate effect suspended production and distribution of Chibuku […]