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Mota Engil given favours by Bingu wa Mutharika, took over Malawi ports without bidding process

Mota Engil was in March this year given a 35-year concession to run all the four ports on Lake Malawi […]

Racism rock Malawi’s Banja La Mtsogolo

Senior management at Banja La Mtsogolo (BLM), Malawi’s leading family planning service provider, is battling allegations of racial prejudice against […]

Tanzania, Malawi agree to disagree

Dar es Salaam. Border dispute talks between Tanzania and Malawi have failed, and the matter will be taken before the […]

6 Things You Should Never Say to Your Child

By Linda Bernstein Hint: ‘How can you live like this?’ isn’t a good conversation starter As my 29-year-old son was […]

USAID launches CSO sustainability index

Malawi civil society organizations (CSOs), with the help of USAID launched a 2011 CSO sustainability index on Thursday in Lilongwe […]

Airport workers threaten strike

Malawi Catering Services employees at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe on Thursday gave their bosses a 24 hour ultimatum to […]

Malawi Govt establishes new Airline

The privatization of the country’s flag carrier, once proudly called Africa Friendly Airline, when it was up and running seems […]

Government, DPP tussle over Mponela beds scam

The DPP on Tuesday demanded an explanation from Vice President Khumbo Kachali over the transfer of hospital beds from Mponela […]

400 Malawians deported from South Africa

The South African government has deported over 400 Malawian nationals who were staying in the country illegally with the latest […]

Govt is exaggerating the hunger situation in the country, Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources says government is exaggerating the hunger situation in the country. The committee […]

Zambia does it again, offers maize to Malawi

The government of Zambia has invited interested Malawian traders to purchase maize from that country, following the country’s lifting of […]

Police arrests 5 in connection to assault of PP supporters

Thyolo Police have arrested five people in connection with the assault of eight supporters of the ruling People’s Party (PP) […]

Malawi hunger drives acceptance of new staples

Farmers across Malawi, struggling to harvest sufficient staple crops of maize and rice in changing weather conditions, are turning to […]

Govt needs US$26m towards hungry Malawians

A senior official of the World Food Program (WFP) has appealed to development partners to come in and assist Malawi […]

What needs addressing in Chasowa case?

By swooping on those implicated in the murder of Robert Chasowa, government is by no means making political arrests. Rather, […]

Parliament to discuss 24 bills

Members of parliament are expected to discuss 24 bills in the three-week meeting of parliament which started on Tuesday. Speaker […]

Oil search fuels tension over Lake Malawi

Following recent oil finds in Uganda and Kenya, Malawi hopes to be the next East African country to strike black […]

Kachali to blame on Atupele’s resignation

A renowned economic commentator has backed Atupele Muluzi’s resignation as Minister of Economic Planning and Development, saying Vice President Khumbo […]