Malawi
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 14:27:30 GMT'Give Solutions, Not Broken Promises to the Poor', President Tells World Leaders #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Nyasa Times] Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has asked the 120 world leaders gathered in Scotland attending a two-day Climate Change Summit in to give the poor people across the globe 'concrete answers' on what actions they will take to limit glob...
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:46:23 GMTFear Grip Malawians As Leprosy Resurfaces in Some Districts
[Nyasa Times] Fear has gripped some Malawians following revelations that one of the most dangerous contagious disease - leprosy - has resurfaced in the country.
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:26:58 GMTRights Activist Mwakasungula Warns Govt On Relocation of Refugees
[Nyasa Times] Renowned governance and human rights advocate Undule Mwakasungula has warned the government against taking a unilateral and hasty decision on the relocation of refugees from Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa to Katili in Karonga or Chitipa.
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 16:54:32 GMTFinance Minister Mlusu Advises Public to Report to RBM If Banks Passes On Vat to Customers
[Nyasa Times] Finance Minister Felix Mlusu has advised the public to report to the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) if they discover that their banks are charging them value added tax (VAT), which has come in effect on Monday, November 1.
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 14:13:42 GMTGems Fall to Malawi in Series Opener
[The Herald] THE Gems got their campaign at the Pent Series underway on a losing note when they lost 38-56 to Malawi in Windhoek, Namibia, yesterday.
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:27:11 GMTMEC Clarifies On Constituency Re-Demarcation Exercise
[Nyasa Times] Following revelations that stakeholders had challenges reading the allocation of the new number of constituencies (parliamentary seats), the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has made a number of clarifications on how it arrived at its ...
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:27:10 GMTTembenu's 'Advice' On DPP Leadership Opens Can of Worms in Ngc, Chipungu Under Fire
[Nyasa Times] Former Minister of Justice Samuel Tembenu is the personal legal counsel for former President and President of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Peter Mutharika. He recently surprised many when he spoke strongly about the need for ...
Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:27:12 GMTWhen Climate Changes, Smaller Things Matter
[Nyasa Times] They have tried bigger initiatives, but they have stumbled on the way and dropped their ideas. Most of them have consequently normalized poverty. Not that they do not have access or ownership over farmland, but because their practices a...
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:59:09 GMTElectoral Commission Announces Official Results for Tuesday By-Elections
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Electoral Commission has made an official declaration of results for the October 26, 2021 by-elections held in Mzimba East constituency, Nkhotakota North East constituency, Dedza Central East constituency, and Chimwalire ward...
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:59:07 GMTChikwawa Cbos Challenged to Be Innovative in Addressing Gvh Cases
[Nyasa Times] Community based organisations (CBOs) in Chikwawa have been challenged to be innovative in identifying solutions to rising cases of gender based violence (GBV) in the district.
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:59:06 GMTPolitical Parties, Thousands Mourn Thokozani Lita in Ndirande
[Nyasa Times] Thousands of Ndirande residents and others, from all walks of life, including politicians from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Malawi Congress Party (MCP), and the United Democratic Front (UDF) attended the funeral ceremony of o...
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:59:04 GMTTechnology, Innovation Vital to Solve World Challenges - Chakwera
[Nyasa Times] President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has described the use and promotion of technology and innovation as the sure way of curbing global challenges such as climate change.
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:59:02 GMTFirst Lady Meets Foundation Leaders to Drum Up Support for Education, Health
[Nyasa Times] First Lady Madame Monica Chakwera on Tuesday met Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) for Merck Foundation and Sparkle Foundation to lobby for more support towards education and health in Malawi.
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:58:59 GMTBuluma Bites At Nocma for Leaks
[Nyasa Times] The National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) has suspended indefinitely three employees for being suspected of leaking information on Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Hellen Buluma's undeserved security detail.
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:25:44 GMTMalawi to Push for Flagship Priorities At COP26 #AfricaClimateCrisis
[MBC] Malawi is expected to push selected thematic areas as its priorities at the impending 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) expected to commence on the 1st of November 2021, in Glasgow Scotland.
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:38:59 GMTMalawi Making Strides in Addressing Climate Change Challenges #AfricaClimateCrisis
[MBC] President Dr Lazarus Chakwera on Monday said his government has made significant strides towards addressing climate change challenges by changing its approach to the Nationally Determined Contributions-NDC's, an outline of steps which governmen...
Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:36:18 GMTUNAIDS Rates Malawi Highly On HIV and Aids Prevention and Management
[Nyasa Times] Malawi has received a standing ovation from the United Nations Programme on HIV and Aids (UNAIDS) for demonstrating high political will in the prevention and management of HIV and Aids, as the country accelerates towards the global targ...
Wed, 27 Oct 2021 08:59:22 GMTLet's Expand Trade - Malawi Envoy
[The Herald] OUTGOING Malawian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ms Annie Kumwenda says there is room for the two countries to strengthen and expand trade.
Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:36:43 GMTProf Nampota Confirmed Maneb Boss
[Nyasa Times] The Board of Directors for the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has finally confirmed the appointment of Professor Dorothy Cynthia Nampota as Executive Director of the board effective 22nd October 2021.
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:50:08 GMTDowa Women Protest Sexual Harassment in AIP Depots
[Nyasa Times] Irate women in Dowa on Monday held demonstrations demanding a stop to the behaviour by male beneficiaries of the Affordable Input Progamme (AIP) of sexually harassing women while queuing on the line to buy subsidized farm inputs.
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:30:55 GMTUDF Youth Visit Incarcerated Former DPP Regional Governor Christopher Mzomera Ngwira in Prison
[Nyasa Times] The Northern Region youth wing of the former governing United Democratic Front (UDF) on Sunday visited former Democratic Progress Party (DPP) regional governor, Christopher Mzomera Ngwira, who is serving his jail term at the Mzuzu Priso...
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:33:48 GMTMalawi Has Made Strides in Addressing Climate Change-Chakwera
[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday said Malawi has made significant strides in addressing climate change.
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:33:49 GMTGovt Capacitating Mdas to Detect and Investigate Unjustly Acquired Wealth-Minister Mtambo
[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Civic Education and National Unity, Timothy Pagonachi Mtambo, has disclosed that the Tonse Allianse administration is building the capacity of senior officials in government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) wi...
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:33:48 GMTGovt Moves to Enhance Sustainable Land Management and Watershed Services
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Government has disclosed that it has taken a number of initiatives aimed at enhancing sustainable land management and watershed services, the Technical Team Leader of the Malawi Watershed Services Improvement Project (MWASIP)...
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:33:47 GMTNational Aids Commission to Review National HIV and Aids Response On Tuesday
[Nyasa Times] Taxpayer-funded National Aids Commission (NAC) has disclosed that its Joint Annual Review (JAR) of the National Response to the HIV and AIDS epidemic will take place on 26th October 2021 at the Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe.
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:33:47 GMTMalawi Receives Extra Covid-19 Vaccine
[Nyasa Times] 320,000 dosses of Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine arrived in the country on Sunday through Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe.
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:14:59 GMTChakwera Challenges the World to Be Innovative in Solving Problems
[MBC] President Dr Lazarus Chakwera says the world today is faced with challenges like climate change, poverty, food insecurity as well as health threats like the COVID-19 pandemic which require innovative solutions to be addressed.
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:33:47 GMTScabies Outbreak in Blantyre, Authorities Tell Schools, Churches, Mosques to Be On High Alert
[Nyasa Times] Blantyre District Health Office has disclosed that it has registered an increase of cases of scabies in some of the health facilities in the district.
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:33:44 GMTTNM Mpamba Brings Mastercard Debit Card
[Nyasa Times] In a country-first for Malawi, mobile money service provider TNM Mpamba Wednesday launched a Mastercard debit card, enabling its customers -even those without bank accounts-to make safe and seamless in-person and online digital payments...
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:30:00 GMTRemove Sanctions On Zimbabwe, Malawi's President Chakwera Tells West
[New Zimbabwe] Malawi president and SADC chairperson Lazarus Chakwera has called for the immediate and unconditional removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the Western bloc of states saying this would facilitate economic recovery.