The Reserve Bank of Malawi has put a cap on how much foreign exchange one is permitted to possess without seeking approval to $1,000 (or about K1.75 million) or its equivalent in another foreign currency. This is contained in a Foreign Exchange (Limi...

By Pemphero Malimba: The State—Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)—has discontinued a case in which China national Lin Yunhua was answering charges of corrupt practices with public officers. A source who is conversant with the case disclosed t...

The Malawi National Netball Team’s hope of qualifying for the 2027 Netball World Cup have taken another twist after they finished second in Pool Two of the Africa qualifier following a 49-54 defeat to Uganda in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday. The Queens...

Malawi’s ease in headline inflation, albeit marginally, in the past months is offering glimmers of hope among industry players who say the slowdown could help ease cost pressures and provide a more stable environment. In the last few months, headli...

By Wezzie Gausi: Malawi is off-track on its ambition to attain lower-middle-income status by 2030 after the economy registered average growth of only 2 percent over the past five years against the required 6.4 percent, the National Planning Commissio...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team is in the country—three months after the last visit—for policy negotiations over the possible Extended Credit Facility (ECF) proramme with Malawi. The two-week negotiations borders on policy alignmen...

The fight against the production and use of thin plastics in Malawi has been raging in the background following a court order recently obtained by Qingdao Recycling Limited. The order stops the Malawi Environmental Protection Authority (Mepa) from en...

By Mcloyd Chilangiza: People around Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve in Mzimba District are living in fear after a lion believed to have strayed from the reserve allegedly killed one person and injured a child. The lion was first reported on Thursday la...

United Kingdom-based striker Shaquille Gwengwe has excused himself from the Malawi National Football Team squad for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers. The New Port County striker earned his first international call up for the Flam...

It is judgement day for the Malawi Under-20 National Football Team, the junior Flames, as they face Comoros at the 2026 Caf U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers at ABB Stadium, Maputo, in Mozambique this afternoon. The match kicks off at 2pm...