Malawi government to probe Surestream on Lake Malawi oil exploration deal
Malawi President Joyce Banda has said it intends to investigate the awarding last year of an oil exploration license to […]
Livelihoods drying up on Lake Chilwa
Fisherfolk and farmers living near Malawi’s second-largest water body, Lake Chilwa, are relocating en masse and scrambling for space around […]
Oil and Water don’t mix in Lake Malawi border dispute
In the search for oil and natural gas, Africa’s third largest lake has become a political battlefield. It’s not so […]
NGO angry with govt over perks hike
Centre for Social Concern (CfSC) says it is disappointed by government’s decision to raise subsistence allowances for Cabinet ministers by […]
Pay hike meeting yields nothing – University Lecturers Union
Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (Ccasu), in reaction to last week’s communication from government that salaries had been increased by […]
Malawi, Tanzania border talks: Minister urges restraint
Malawi Government has warned against careless statements as its experts and those from its northern neighbour Tanzania engage in a […]
DPP to hold convention in November
The Democratic Progressive Party DPP has announced that it will hold its first national conference in five years this November […]
Normalcy prevails at Tanzania-Malawi border dispute
Normalcy at the Tanzania-Malawi border post of Kasumulu/Songwe confirms that the amity between the two countries remains unshaken by recent […]
Malawi’s cotton ban slows Chipata-Mchinji rail use
The move by the Malawian Government to ban importation of cotton from Zambia has led to less usage of the […]
Mponda, Kanyenda, Russell Left Out of Malawi Squad Against Ghana
Malawi coach Kinnah Phiri has left out injury-plagued captain Peter ‘Mjojo’ Mponda in his squad for the crucial 2013 Africa […]
Late Wa Mutharika wrote Tanzania over Lake Malawi
Malawi’s late leader Bingu wa Mutharika wrote Tanzania in 2005 over the need to reaffirm boundaries with Malawi after ‘small […]
Man arrested for selling children at K1million
An 18-year-old man has been arrested in Mzuzu city, northern part of Malawi, for allegedly offering two children aged four […]
PP refutes endorsing JB before convention
Leaders of the ruling People’s Party (PP) have dismissed reports of endorsing President Joyce Banda as the party’s presidential candidate […]
People’s Party to spend K42 million on convention
Malawi’s ruling People’s Party (PP) is set to spend K42 million (about $168 000) on its convention which is slated […]
Malawi govt has justified strikes
By increasing Cabinet ministers’ subsistence allowances by 80 percent, the Joyce Banda administration has shown that while it is preaching […]
Apartheid-like violence? South Africa cops kill 34 miners
South African police opened fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine on Thursday, […]
Malawi banks on history to cling to Lake Malawi
A long-dormant border dispute between Malawi and Tanzania has reignited as oil companies push their exploration work deeper into the […]
Zambia’s Sata jokes about war between Malawi and Tanzania
Zambia’s president Michael Sata told the SADC heads that Zambia is ready to host refugees if Tanzania and Malawi decide […]
Govt evicts Mulhakho wa Alhomwe
Ministry of Lands has repossessed a 1.78 hectare piece of land which it sold to Mulhakho wa Alhomwe two years […]
DPP speaks out: refusal to allow gay marriage caused the fuel and forex shortages
Malawi News Agency’s Chikondi Chimala sat down with the DPP’s Secretary General, Wakuda Kamanga, to discuss the past, the present […]
University lecturers give 21 days notice for industrial action
Lecturers at the self-declared home of academic freedom, the Chancellor College (Chanco), have declared dispute, giving government 21 days to […]