[Nyasa Times] United Kingdom (UK)-based sociologist and an avid advocate for tobacco harm reduction, Gerry Stimson, has advised African countries whose economies heavily depend on tobacco production to quickly diversify away from the industry.

[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, has said more collaboration of government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) can help accelerate effo...

[Nyasa Times] The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has asked District Commissioners (DCs) and Chief Executive Officers (CEO) in city and municipal councils to closely work with councillors and members of Parliament (MPs) for improve...

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says it needs at least MK27 billion (approximately US$30 million) to effectively provide humanitarian assistance to 1.5 million people who will be food insecure during the 202...

[WHO-AFRO] With Malawi's top-level leadership fully committed to addressing bottlenecks that are hampering the country's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, WHO's emergency 'surge' team is on the ground, supporting the national initiative.

[Nyasa Times] Georgia-based Malawian attacking midfielder Fransisco Madinga is exploring the possibility of moving to a better league in Europe.

[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...

[Nyasa Times] Fear has gripped some Malawians following revelations that one of the most dangerous contagious disease - leprosy - has resurfaced in the country.

[WFP] Lilongwe -- After drought and pests destroyed crops during the 2020-2021 farming season, nearly 65,000 farming households in Malawi have received cash payouts from an agricultural insurance programme of the United Nations World Food Programme (...

[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.

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Hundreds of people in Malawi held protests Tuesday in the commercial capital Blantyre against the high cost of living and unemployment saying both have become unbearable during the current administration.

[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.

[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.

[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 ...

[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 ...

[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...

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- A Chinese national has filed a challenge at the Malawi High Court against a 14-year jail sentence, which a lower court gave him last month after he was convicted of three wildlife crimes.

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- In Malawi, health authorities say an outbreak of scabies around the commercial capital of Blantyre has affected more than 300 people. Scabies is a contagious, intensely itchy skin condition caused by tiny mites that burrow i...

[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...

[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.

[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...

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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...

[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...

[The Herald] OUTGOING Malawian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ms Annie Kumwenda says there is room for the two countries to strengthen and expand trade.

[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.

[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.