China gives USD135m for Malawi ICT Project
The Department of E-Government in the Office of the President and Cabinet has said Malawi government has lined up a number of ICT projects to be implemented through the support from the Chinese gover...
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Blantyre Fire fighters labour to douse blaze, property razed to ashes
There was panic in Limbe, a commercial town within the city of Blantyre in Malawi, as fire that broke out Thursday April 11 night at a Bakery that also has a warehouse resisted the efforts of fire fi...
Police Officer gets 16 years for robbery and assault in Malawi
A 31 year old Police Officer who wanted to enrich himself through crooked means at a road block in the Northern Malawi has been condemned to prison by the court thereby conveying a point that nobody ...
Newstime Africa joins Malawi Media in mourning
Newstime Africa (NTA) has joined Malawi’s Nation Publication Limited (NPL) and the media fraternity in general in mourning the sudden death of one of Malawi’s industrious and highly respe...
Malawi government should stop the rhetoric and encourage Madonna to co...
It is an undeniable fact the singer Madonna has done a remarkable job in Malawi, and should be applauded for that. For a government to issue an official statement that indirectly insults her and the ...
Quota System Vs Merit: Should Malawi students be selected to govt scho...
By the time Malawi won the fight against the rule of the colonial masters, Britain, education was a far fetched dream for the citizens. By then, many Malawians looked at labor as the major source of ...
The ‘Gang of Three’, ‘Midnight Six’ and ‘Daniel Phiri’: Unpacking Mala...
The Commission of Inquiry’s report into the death of Malawi’s former President Mutharika makes for compelling reading. The Commission of Inquiry’s105-page report into the death, in April 2012, of Pre...
What is Malawi doing to attract new investments?
When you are trying to keep a retail outfit afloat amid hyperinflation, it helps to have a sideline. “We had a business selling crocodile skins to Hermès and Gucci for shoes and handbags,” says John ...
Malawi President Joyce Banda commissions new Military Barracks
President Dr. Joyce Banda has commissioned a new Military Barracks in the Northern Malawi bringing the number of Battalions to 11, but the fourth along the coastlines of Lake Malawi. The Malawi leade...
Young men convicted for packing soil in girl’s private parts in Malawi...
Three Malawian young men who found pleasure in cramming some soil into a girl’s private parts have been condemned to prison after being found guilty of indecent assault, an offense that contravenes S...
Malawi makes strides in child labor elimination
In line with the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention on the elimination of the worst forms of Child Labor which Malawi is a signatory, the Malawi government has come up with a catalog o...
Five family members perish on Shire River after Hippo attack in Malawi...
In Malawi, five family members have died after the boat they were sailing in was crushed by an irate hippopotamus in Shire River, in the country’s Eastern Region. The police have confirmed that a 34 ...
President Obama talks about strengthening democratic institutions as h...
Today President Obama welcomed President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Joyce Banda of Malawi, and Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde...
Floods in Malawi force villagers to seek shelter on main road
Severe floods have left hundreds of families in 16 villages homeless and one woman admitted to hospital after a heavy down pour in Karonga in the northern Malawi Wednesday March 27 2013, officials ha...
Malawi gets US $3.04 Million grant from the African Development Bank f...
LILONGWE, Malawi, March 26, 2013 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group (http://www.afdb.org) approved, on March 25, 2013, a grant amounting to US $3.04 million to finance the Kholombidzo ...
Press Release: Malawi Electoral Commision – Postponement of impl...
Press Release - The Malawi Electoral Commission wishes to inform the general public that following the advice made available to it by various experts and stakeholders on the implementation of the Bi...