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Malawi’s GDP growth slows, fuel prices hurt

Malawi’s economic growth slowed more than expected to 6.0 percent last year, partly due to higher fuel prices and reduced […]

Malawi miss key players for Chad

Malawi have been hit by injury worries a week before they begin their quest to qualify for next year’s Africa […]

Resettlement in Malawi is a process involving complex interaction

Malawi’s Community Based Rural Land Development Project was conceived as an effort to alleviate rural poverty by making it possible […]

3 Nigerian Pastor held in Malawi

The police in Lilongwe, Malawi on Monday arrested a Nigerian pastor who was reportedly making some predictions in the city. […]

MALAWI: Rising prices and looming maize shortages

Malawi’s maize-growing central and southern regions have not had good rains, prompting concerns about possible shortages of the staple in […]

PEPSI Company Sues Zambian Government Over Withdrawn Tax Incentives

Varun beverages Zambia limited has dragged government to court over the withdrawal of its tax incentives. The Company who are […]

South Africa: Global Fund Monies Finally Released

More than seven months overdue, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grant will finally be released to […]

Strauss-Kahn released after questioning in prostitution case

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strass-Kahn was released late Wednesday from police custody after two days of questioning in […]

No IMF programme, no donor support, EU envoy tells Malawi

Malawi should forget about getting balance of payment support from its key donors any time soon in the absence of […]

Urgent action needed to stop W Africa famine – TEAR Fund, New Zealand

EAR Fund, along with other concerned New Zealand Humanitarian agencies, is urging the New Zealand Government to take early action […]

Without the UN: What Now in Syria?

Thanks in no small part to the self interested response by Russia and China to a rather watered down U.N. […]

African Autocratic Revival

everal African nations appear set to reverse their democratic gains in 2012, which has prompted the Christian Science Monitor to […]

International Bar Association Calls for Release of Kasambara

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) calls for the immediate release on bail of Malawian lawyer Ralph Kasambara […]

4 die in military crash near US base in Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An American reconnaissance plane crashed 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the only U.S. base in Africa, […]

Mugabe says ready for new vote after ‘resurrection’

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Africa’s oldest leader, declared himself as “fit as a fiddle” and pushed for new elections later […]

Kasambara Pays Tribute to Malawians

Malawi’s prominent lawyer Ralph Kasambara who was released Tuesday on police bail has paid tribute to Malawians for the “visits […]

KALIATI HITS AT ‘ACTION GIRL’

Minister of Information and Civic Education, Patricia Kaliati, has condemned the Weekend Times for publishing ‘Action Girl,’ popularly known as […]

PORTUGUESE GROUP TO BUILD LINE IN MALAWI

The new connecting line of about 145km to Blantyre in Malawi from a point some 50km east of Moatize in […]