[Nyasa Times] Malawi is expected to build on the successes of the June 23, 2020 Fresh Presidential poll to better manage future elections in a free, fair and credible manner, President Lazarus Chakwera has said.

[Nyasa Times] Ombudsman Martha Chizuma has released a report on an investigation on the matter of alleged unprocedural recruitment of former Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) chief executive officer Collins Magalasi.

[Nyasa Times] Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has challenged Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and the police to arrest politicians behind giving out handouts which illegal and also addressing overcrowded rallies which is against COVID-19 reg...

[Nyasa Times] The opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) has stated that its alliance with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) does not bar the two parties from featuring candidates in each other's strongholds during by elections.

[Nyasa Times] People of Neno have mobilised themselves, risen up to demand a good road in their district.

[Nyasa Times] Fired General Secretary for the Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM), Frank Chitembeya, has hit back at the association saying it did not follow procedures to remove him from his position.

[Nyasa Times] The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) says the process of putting Malawi football on television is at an advanced stage and the channel for the same could roll out March end or early April on Kiliyekiliye decoders.

[RFI] It's 6:00 am inside Mulanje Prison in southern Malawi. The sound of voices coming from inside of cells marks the beginning of the day, as prisoners put on their regulation white shirts and shorts. For inmate Julius Motha, 28, this is the time t...

[Nyasa Times] Malawi government, through the Ministry of Trade, has defended its decision to export maize, claiming the move will not affect food security of the country.

[Nyasa Times] The Centre for Human Rights Education,Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) has urged Civil Society Organisations (CSO) to work in a collaboration network all the time if they are to achieve and make Malawi a Gender Based Violence (GBV) and se...

[Nyasa Times] Several days after many nations paushed the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca's vaccine - which Malawi is also administering - over blood clot concerns, European Medicines Agency has concluded that the vaccine is "safe and effective "in prevent...

[Nyasa Times] The Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM) has chopped its General Secretary, Frank Chitembeya, with immediate effect.

[Nyasa Times] An international charity organization, Oxfam, has embarked on a project aimed at confronting rising cases of malnutrition in the country.

[Nyasa Times] Authorities in Phalombe say the Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine has been put on hold due to lack of fuel.

[Nyasa Times] Former Malawi presidents are mourning Tanzanian president John Magufuli who died last night following Covid-19 complications.

[Nyasa Times] Education minister Agnes Nyalonje has conceded in parliament this morning that most public schools in the country are offering low education.

[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera says the National Youth Service - a key promise from his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) election campaign manifesto - is ready to roll into action soon after a thorough consultation with key stakeholders is final...

[Nyasa Times] Ballot papers for the March 30 by-elections arrive in the country Sunday, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said.

[Nyasa Times] Parliamentary Ad-hoc Committee on Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has sealed loopholes on Constituency Development Fund (CDF) following rampant abuse of the fund by council officials.

[Nyasa Times] Vice President Saulos Chilima says he has finally completed quarterly progress reviews on reforms contracts for ministries and government departments.

[Nyasa Times] Leader of Opposition in parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa says although President Lazarus Chakwera was direct and clear when answering some questions in parliament on Wednesday afternoon, he was dodgy on other questions.

[Nyasa Times] Civil society organisations, including Youth and Society (YAS) and Oxfam Malawi, have requested the Malawi Law Commission to review section 138 of the penal code, raising two "failures" of the legislation which they say "bring about unf...

[Nyasa Times] A private business entity trading as H Adam Wholesalers Neferius is facing allegations of money laundering, millions of kwacha in tax avoidance and evasion which the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has asked the Anti-Corruption ...

[Nyasa Times] Only 5, 417 people have received the covid-19 AstraZeneca jab, out of the 400, 000 earmarked for the vaccination exercise in the first phase.

[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday appeared before Parliament to answer questions from lawmakers in accordance with the Constitution and his campaign promises, saying the Tonse Alliance--which took over government after winning the ...

[Nyasa Times] On behalf of Rotary club of Belleveau, Seattle in the United States of America, Rotary club of Lilongwe on Tuesday made a donation of three motor bikes to Children of the Nation, a non-governmental organisation in Lilongwe, to ease mobi...

[Nyasa Times] The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has conceded that his office is under pressure to expedite the extradition trial of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri so as to uphold the diplomatic relationship between Malawi and South Africa.

[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera has sent an emotional message of condolences to Tanzanians following the death of their leader John Pombe Magufuli who died of Covid-19- related complications yesterday.

[Nyasa Times] Former Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) chief exevutive officer Alexon Chiwaya and the state power distrubution's ex-human resource director Daphter Namandwa are back in court in Blantyre to answer fraud charges.

[Nyasa Times] In January, Malawian civil rights activist Paul Msoma raised the alarm over a lack of COVID-19 supplies while in a bed at Kamuzu Central Hospital, one of the biggest referral hospitals in the country.