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Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Staff Mission to Malawi

An IMF staff team, led by Mr. Tsidi Tsikata, concluded a two-week visit to Malawi today to conduct discussions for […]

Malawi’s Women Seek Cultural Rights Changes

Women’s rights activists in Malawi say despite laws that protect them on paper, there are still societal barriers that treat […]

German consultants reward excellence in Africa

German strategic consultancy firm Roland Berger presented their Best of European Business Awards 2012 on March 27 in Berlin. The […]

Malawi Cabinet to decide on Sudan’s al-Bashir

The Cabinet will decide whether to allow or arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir should he come again in Malawi […]

Malawi scores zero on political parties funding accountability

A report on political finance regulation has seen Malawi scoring the lowest grade in accounting for and transparency about the […]

Charge’D’affairs calls on Religious Sisters to attend to the simple people in Society

The Charge’D’affairs to Malawi Monsignor Hubertus Van Megen has called on the Religious Sisters to listen carefully to the simple people in […]

Malawi : Tobacco Sales Suspended

LILONGWE: Tobacco sales have been suspended for the second time since they started at Lilongwe Auction Floors where growers protested […]

Impact of Malawi’s Judicial Strike

It is not often that a constitutional democratic state faces a full blown strike by one of the three arms […]

Court, police, lawyers panic

Police, lawyers and the courts have admitted that while they celebrate the end of the two and a half months […]

Workers demands stun Escom management

Abrupt demands and an impromptu go-slow staged on Monday by some employees at Escom Power House in Blantyre have surprised […]

Mutharika is not a dictator – Dr. Heatherwick Ntaba

The spokesman for Malawi’s President, Bingu Wa Mutharika, has dismissed as without merit accusations that the leader is becoming autocratic […]

Malawi threatens to use colonial-era law against media

Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika has ramped up his campaign to threaten and discredit any media that don’t toe the […]

Peter Mutharika meets international bodies

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Peter Mutharika on Thursday met heads of various international organisations working in the […]

Malawi courts resume work after 3 months strike

Justice will be back in the corridors of Malawi’s judicial system from tomorrow, Monday, after a junior strike which started […]

Zimbabwean woman swindles Malawi President half a million US$s

A Zimbabwean woman has shocked Malawi after she swindled embattled Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika, his Malawian business partner Edwin […]

Government hails Plan International

Director of Social Welfare in the Ministry of Gender, Children and Community development Hyacinth Kulemeka has hailed Plan International for […]

CareGivers in Artwork sale to benefit their orphanage in Malawi

Who can resist children’s art, so enthusiastically free and simultaneously self-possessed? A fundraiser from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. today on […]

Malawi’s democracy dips into recession

President Bingu wa Mutharika is displaying signs of increasing authoritarianism in Malawi. Between independence in 1964 and the referendum to […]