[Nyasa Times] Fuel continues to be scarce in most pump stations in the country despite the National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) releasing one million litres on the market last week to stabilize the situation.

[IPS] Blantyre -- Having harvested and graded their sunflower crop instead of taking it to market, every member of Zikometso Productive and Innovation Centre (IPC) brings their produce to the factory for cooking oil production. The IPC falls under th...

[Nyasa Times] A court in Lilongwe has convicted one of the 2013 cashgate criminals Odoi Kamange on theft and money laundering charges.

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi officials say they have arrested two police officers, a medical worker and a Burundian refugee in connection with an apparent human trafficking operation that routes people to Oman.

[Nyasa Times] Home-grown commercial bankers, FDH Bank has made commendable great strides in areas of digitization, innovation and Cyber Security.

[Nyasa Times] Ministry of Education has finally announced the establishment of the Teachers Council of Malawi to regulate the teaching profession in the country.

[Nyasa Times] Minister of National Unity Timothy Pagonachi Mtambo has appointed 5th September, 2022, as the rollout date for the implementation of the Peace and Unity Act (2022).

[Nyasa Times] Government has with immediate effect suspended all operations at Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) over corruption and unresolved conflicts, Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe has confirmed.

[Nyasa Times] It is a fact that Malawi is a democratic country and people have that democratic rights to express themselves on issues of national importance.

[Nyasa Times] Minister of Trade and Industry Mark Katsonga Phiri has commended construction of Chinese Grand Park, saying the park will bring lots of social economic benefits to Malawi economy.

[Nyasa Times] United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting efforts by the Malawi Government to settle disputes and set up local mechanisms for sustainable and peaceful societies.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi Government in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have successfully reunited two groups of former employees of Press Agriculture Limited who were resettled at Lusa Estate 69 in Mchinji.

[VOA] Blantyre -- Malawi's police service has welcomed two officers with albinism into its ranks, the first people with the rare genetic pigment disorder in Malawi's state security organization. Rights groups say the hirings should help efforts to cr...

[Nyasa Times] The Mwanza Third Grade Magistrate Court, on Monday convicted and fined Robert Baibulo, Esther Chitsulo, Mustapher John Kabichi and Zelina Ibrahim for offences of illegal possession of foreign currency, attempting to illegally transfer f...

[Nyasa Times] NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA), formerly known as the NGO Board of Malawi, has sternly warned people especially in Mulanje and surrounding districts against dealing with Real-Turn Plan International, saying the organization is operati...

[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera has touted the Kulamba ceremony of the Chewa as a cultural unifying factor of Malawians, Zambians and Mozambicans.

[Nyasa Times] Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Administrative Secretary Francis Mphepo is embroiled in an embarrassing forgery scandal following reports that he forged a letter from the office of the party's Secretary General in a bid to secure Ban...

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi's government has closed three television stations and six radio stations for failing to pay annual license fees. The country's media authority is expected to revoke the licenses of up to 30 broadcasting outlets by the...

[Balancing Act] London -- Regulating media in general (and broadcasting in particular) is always a deeply 'political' activity in Sub-Saharan Africa. This week Russell Southwood looks at moves by the regulators in Malawi and Nigeria to shutdown broad...

[UN News] In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday a new drive to find ways of revamping the African region's health systems.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A Malawian Court has ruled that South African witnesses in the fraud case against self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary do not need to travel to Malawi to give their depositions, but that it can be done i...

[Nyasa Times] Embattled former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Linda Kunje will know her fate on August 31 which the Zomba Chief Resident Magistrate Court has set aside for her ruling following her conviction last week on obstructing p...

[Nyasa Times] Electronic media regulators, the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has revoked content licences for three radios and televisions, bringing to six broadcasters Macra has closed down since last week.

[Nyasa Times] Malawians are voting in three local government by-elections in the country as police in Chitipa have arrested two people, believed to be UTM cadres, for breach of electoral laws.

[Daily Maverick] It would be 'inconvenient, taxing, very costly, unreasonable or inexpedient' to require witnesses in the case against 'Prophet' Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary to travel to Malawi, Lilongwe's chief resident magistrate ruled.

[Nyasa Times] People who have died of cholera in Nkhata Bay area now now nine, up from eight last week as the number of cases hit 320 within two weeks.

[Nyasa Times] Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Colleen Zamba, has described the Assemblies of God Leadership Conference the church organised on Friday last week in Lilongwe as a forum that will help keep the systems of government alive.

[Nyasa Times] President Dr Lazarus Chakwera has assured Malawians that his administration is fixing the state run commodity trader, Admarc.

[Nyasa Times] President Dr Lazarus Chakwera says his government remains committed to improve the living conditions of men and women in uniform in the country.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's headline year on year inflation rate for July soared to 24.6 percent from 23.5 percent in June, triggering fears of continued escalation of cost of living and erosion of salary values in peoples' pockets.