National News

UN hails Malawi over Sudan’s Al Bashir

The visiting United Nations Deputy Human Rights High Commissioner Kyung-wha Kang has commended Malawi for its stance on Sudanese President […]

Britain appoints High Commissioner to Malawi

Michael Nevin has been appointed British High Commissioner to Malawi but he will take up his appointment in September. He […]

Could Africa launch the next Facebook?

Recent market performance and rumblings aside, there are clear reasons why Facebook has attracted a global subscriber base of over […]

Kenya Airways resumes sales in Malawi kwacha, to increase flights next month

Kenya Airways has announced that it has resumed selling of tickets in Malawi kwacha following following improved availability of foreign […]

Revealed: Speaker and PP allegedly conspired on Section 65

Speaker of the National Assembly in Malawi has failed to invoke the dreaded Section 65 after the Peoples Party (PP) […]

Lake Malawi: Dependants slam oil drilling survey

Concerned citizens, mostly those whose lives depend on the Lake Malawi, have appealed to the Malawian government to suspend the […]

Xenophobia: Mzimba locals close shops belonging to foreigners

Traders of foreign origin – including the Chinese – in Mzimba district, northern Malawi, on Thursday were ordered not to […]

MPs want 137% pay hike

Parliament has written Treasury proposing a 137 percent basic pay hike for MPs, a development which, if approved, will see […]

Nanzikambe Theatre to perform in UK

Nanzikambe Arts Theatre, still basking in the pride of having represented Malawi well during their performance of World 3.0 –The […]

Speaker to rule on Section 65 this Thursday

Speaker of Malawi parliament Chimunthu announced Wednesday that he will on Thursday rule on the dreaded section 65 of the […]

Malawi keen on tapping power from Mozambique

A Malawian delegation to Mozambique on the revived Malawi-Mozambique power interconnection deal has trashed fears that the agreement will not […]

Information Minister Kunkuyu assures the media of press freedom

Information and Civic Education Minister Moses Kunkuyu Monday visited the Times Group head office in Blantyre where he assured the […]

Poverty forces Malawian girls into sex-work

Melisa Timosi an 18 year old sex-worker in Neno southern Malawi uses all tactics to attract masculine attention when she […]

Mps ask govt to probe MHC, Zimbabwe loan scams

Some MPs on Monday pushed for further investigations into several transactions undertaken during the DPP administration, including the Malawi Housing […]

American couple escapes jail for misbehaving in Malawi parliament

An American couple, Reverend and Mrs. Paul Hella, on Tuesday escaped a two year imprisonment for disturbing parliament proceedings in […]

Beating The Safe Water Deadline In Rural Malawi: WaterAid’s ‘Big Dig’

By Hilary Burrage One of the most memorable stories I ever heard was from a civil engineer who was asked […]

Malawi school kitchen to honor 9-year-old lunch blogger

A school kitchen being built in Malawi is to be named in honour of a nine-year-old blogger who has raised […]

Malawi won’t dine and wine with dictators and criminals

Minister of Youth and Sports Enock Chihana has told parliament that Malawi is now a country that respects human rights […]