Tag: Lilongwe

Minibus owners questioned for charging high fares despite fuel price reduction

Published on July 21, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Minibus passengers in Lilongwe have accused the leadership of the Minibus owners association of Malawi for continuing to charge old […]

Lilongwe vendors cause riot

Published on July 20, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

A joint operation by Lilongwe City Council and Vendors Association officials to stop business people from selling their merchandise along […]

Mutharika appears before Robert Chasowa Inquiry

Published on July 20, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) acting president Peter Mutharika on Thursday appeared before the Commission of Inquiry set up to get […]

‘The economy has improved’ – Lipenga

Published on July 19, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Finance Minister Ken Lipenga says the country’s economy has improved, citing increased foreign currency reserves and steady supplies fuel as […]

Canadians transform lives of Malawian girls

Published on July 18, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Hidden in a rural and poverty stricken area 30 kilometres north west of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, is a Canadian sponsored […]

NGOs fault Joyce Banda’s govt 100 days

Published on July 18, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Some NGOs have expressed worry that Malawi President Joyce Banda’s administration has taken the same path of using the Anti-Corruption […]

Eunice Chipangula speaks on measures to cushion Urban Migration

Published on July 18, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi has called for measures to cushion the effects of urban migration that piling pressure on land resource as more […]

DPP’s Peter Mutharika trashes coup plot

Published on July 16, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Acting President for the former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Peter Mutharika has described as untrue reports that there were […]

African leaders meet on AU top job, hotspots

Published on July 15, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

African Union leaders meeting today will tackle the continent’s hotspots at their biannual summit, even if elections for the bloc’s […]

JB advises vendors to return to designated markets

Published on July 14, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s President Joyce Banda on Friday reiterated her advise to vendors in all major cities to move to designated trading […]

UK’s Foreign Office Minister Bellingham to visit Malawi

Published on July 12, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The British government continues to send high level representatives to Malawi as it supports President Banda’s reforms since assuming the […]

Prison Break: Malawi prison escapees turn themselves in

Published on July 12, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Two of the three inmates who escaped from Zomba maximum security prison in eastern Malawi on Sunday night during clashes […]

Vendors threaten not to leave the streets

Published on July 12, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

A group of street vendors in Lilongwe have threatened not to comply with an order by the government to move […]

Vendors given a 14-day ultimatum to leave streets

Published on July 11, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

endors in Lilongwe and Blantyre have been given a two week grace period to get off the streets and relocate […]

Six companies bid for Shire-Zambezi viability study

Published on July 11, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Malawian government, the secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Development Bank (ADB) are analysing […]

MERA shuts down 12 fuel stations for ignoring new prices

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Energy authorities on Monday closed 12 fuel service stations in Lilongwe and Blantyre for overpricing fuel, despite the supplies’ price […]

Malawi to host Youth Parliament

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi has been chosen to host the 2013 African Youth Parliament of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association-CPA. This was announced during […]

Lake Malawi oil exploration turns fishy

Published on July 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The process of awarding oil exploration licences targeting Lake Malawi and other areas was so fraught with irregularities that the […]