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Phoya backs Speaker on Sec 65 saga

The leadership of the ruling Peoples Party (PP) in parliament has backed Speaker of the national assembly for not rushing […]

Lilongwe vendors riot over chicken price hike

Police in Lilongwe on Monday used teargas canisters to disperse angry vendors, who destroyed the fence and stoned Central Poultry […]

Matilda Katopola refuses to certify parliament bills

Clerk of Parliament Matilda Katopola has refused to certify and send the bills Parliament has passed to the President unless […]

Chanthunya to be extradited to Malawi

A court in South Africa has allowed the extradition of fugive and murder suspect, Misozi Chanthunya, Principal Secretary in Malawi’s […]

Nampota sought financial advice

Internal correspondence between the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director, Alex Nampota, and Bureau Secretary, Tokha Manyungwa, shows Nampota obtained financial advice […]

South Africa’s Land Issue Not So Simple

Much or most of South Africa’s land remains in the hands of whites, and land reform proceeds at a snail’s […]

Muslims applaud Malawi President Joyce Banda

Muslims in Malawi have commended the country’s leadership for officially allowing the Muslim women to be putting on an Islamic […]

Clinton asks govt to provide funds for child deaths reduction

S Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has asked countries to channel more resources towards reduction of maternal and child mortality […]

Malawi to introduce minibus code system

Minibus owners in Malawi are finalizing a campaign to have their minibuses coded-labeled to indicate their routes- as one way […]

Malawian Parliament calls for more cooperation with Zambian parliament

The Malawian Parliament has called for more cooperation with the Zambian parliament. First Deputy Speaker for the Parliament of Malawi, […]

Self Help Africa supports Malawi on climate change

Self Help Africa is part of an international development consortium that will launch an ambitious new programme this Spring that […]

New borrowing scam revealed, now with MACRA

The late president Bingu wa Mutharika administration was embroiled in yet another borrowing scandal, this time involving the Malawi Communications […]

Salute the African Woman

The news is poverty or starvation, HIV AIDS or human right abuse, child trafficking or ritual murder. Even more so, […]

United Way volunteers help students in Malawi

A bedroom isn’t much without a bed, especially at a boarding school. And if not for a robust group of […]

Mulli Brothers’ Chitakale Plantation faces closure

Mulli Brothers Mulanje-based Chitakale Plantations Company Limited risks closure following a petition for its winding up over alleged failure to […]

ACB Director Alex Nampota arrested

Police on Thursday arrested Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director Alexious Nampota on allegations he abused office and did not refund money […]

Lipenga cleared on the MRA scam, but questions remain as MP Nawena challenges the report

Malawi Vice-President Khumbo Kachali on Thursday told Parliament the K14.3 billion (about $57.2 million) MRA borrowed was illegal, but blamed […]

Malawi govt drops case against human rights activists

The Malawi government through the director of public prosecutions has dropped charges against five human rights activists accused of holding […]