Malawi battles witchcraft, with help from Norway
Malawi’s leading anti-witchcraft civil group said Tuesday it has received $600,000 from the government of Norway to help eradicate sorcery. […]
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UNICEF scales up support to Malawi’s Flood Victims as rains persist
UNICEF is scaling up its emergency assistance in Malawi after flooding has hit the country’s southern region. A recent inter-agency […]
MEJN Calls for Serious Budget Review as Parliament Reconvenes
As parliament reconvenes for midterm budget review, the Malawi Economic Justice Network-MEJN has called on legislators to be radical in […]
JB Calls for ‘Unity of Purpose Towards Economic Recovery’
Malawi President Dr. Joyce Banda on Friday while addressing parliament remained confident – to some extent adamant – that the […]
US firm to invest in agriculture projects in Malawi, Angola
US-based Gaiacor International has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with MITC Investments to manage and operate […]
Anger in Malawi as President spends millions to change portraits
Malawi government has been criticised for its move to start printing new portraits for President Joyce Banda this month to […]
Govt pays up K24bn fuel arrears
Malawi government through Mera, has squared the K24 billion debt it owed fuel companies, raising hopes that the price of […]
Malawi to spend millions to put ‘Dr’ on President Banda’s portraits
Malawi government will from this month start printing new portraits for President Joyce Banda to accommodate her new doctorate title, […]
Rising external debt worries Reserve Bank
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) says the supersonic speed at which the country’s external debt grew after April 2012 […]
Malawi banks risk shrinking forex business
Malawi’s commercial banks are risking a reduction in foreign exchange business due to the prevailing global liquidity shortages, the Reserve […]
MRA fails to meet December targets, but no cooking the books this time
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) in December failed to meet its targets in income and profits tax, value added and excise […]
Are small businesses the main victims of the devaluation in Malawi?
There have been many complaints among citizen of Malawi; especially those who operate small scale businesses due to the effects […]
Malawi Parliament spends K14m on Katopola’s hired car
Malawi’s National Assembly has so far paid over K14 million (about $38 889) hiring a vehicle for Clerk of Parliament […]
World Bank approves $695 million 5-year assistance strategy for Malawi
The World Bank board of executive directors has approved a new five-year Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Malawi with a […]
Médecins Sans Frontières assists in flood-affected areas in Malawi and other Southern African countries
Heavy rains in the eastern part of Southern Africa lead to flooding in the area of the Limpopo River last […]
Joyce Banda lied that economy would recover in 18 months
President Joyce Banda is not an economist. She also has never managed anything that gave her knowledge or experience of […]
Flood victims to receive additional farm inputs
The government is to distribute additional farm inputs to farmers, whose crops were destroyed by floods that hit ten districts […]
‘Malawians run government childishly’ says socio-economic commentator Kachaje
One of the country’s socio-economic commentators has accused authorities of running government childishly by, among other things, underrating the power […]