Berl launches $8m jatropha-based bio-diesel plant in Lilongwe
Malawian firm Bio Energy Resources Limited (Berl) has launched a $8-million jatropha-based biodiesel production plant in Lilongwe district. Smallholder Farmers […]
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ADRA Malawi heads Gender Based Violence Committee in Mulanje
ADRA Malawi through the Enhanced Livelihood and Gender Empowerment (ELGE) Project is currently chairing the technical committee on Gender Based […]
Angry mob torches house for suspected witch
A mob descended on an elderly woman in Mzimba on Sunday, beating her up and torching her house and property […]
Killer sex workers arrested
Police in Mzuzu have arrested two sex workers who on Saturday allegedly killed two men for failing to pay for […]
Joyce Banda fires Cassim Chilumpha, brings in Goodal Gondwe in a cabinet reshuffle
President Joyce Banda has fired Cassim Chilumpha from the cabinet announced yesterday. Chilumpha was the minister for energy and mining. […]
Three firms has been disqualified from Air Malawi (2012) partener
Three local companies have been disqualified from the race for a strategic partner for a restructured national flag carrier, Air […]
Govt cuts scope of Chipembere Highway project
The Chipembere Highway construction will not reach Illovo roundabout in Limbe as initially planned because the cost of the project […]
Malawi President reshuffles cabinet, Gondwe appointed economic planning minister; Kamanga as AG, Chilumpha dropped
Malawi President has reshuffled her Cabinet. Among the new faces are Goodall Gondwe who is Minister of Economic Planning and […]
6 sentenced 8 years imprisonment for robbery
The Lilongwe First Glade Magistrate Court on Monday sentenced a driver working at the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) […]
Episcopal Conference of Malawi in evangelization partnership with Airtel
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) has entered into an evangelization partnership with Airtel Malawi to bring the gospel closer […]
Tanzania furious over CNN border report
Tanzania has dismissed as “biased and false” a recent Cable News Network (CNN) series, which claims that its border with […]
4 arrested for diverting K2.6m Fisp fertiliser
Police in Lilongwe have arrested four men for being found with 200 bags of subsidized fertiliser, which was supposed to […]
Govt computerizes five museums
Five Malawian museums have now been computerized easing challenges in accessing information about culture, thanks to the American government for […]
Clinical Officer leaks photos of woman giving birth
A sole Clinical Officer at Ndaula health centre in Lilongwe, central Malawi, is on the run after communities threatened to […]
KIA strike rages on, 3 flights rescheduled
As strike continues at Malawi’s Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe, three flights were rescheduled on Tuesday as employees continued boycotting […]
Malawi prostitutes arrested for drowning non-paying clients
Prostitutes in the northern Malawian city of Mzuzu are accused of killing two clients by drowning them in a dam […]
Brazilian company Vale to build $1 billion railroad in Malawi
Malawi plans to break ground on a $1 billion new railway line in the country to ferry both passengers and […]
Gender Coordination Network drives to empower women economically especially in land ownership
The Non-governmental Organisation Gender Coordination Network (NGO-GCN) says it will start engaging chiefs in its drive to empower women economically […]