By Kingsley Jassi: President Peter Mutharika Sunday appealed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for immediate support as Malawi grapples with deepening economic difficulties driven by shortages of fuel, food, fertiliser and foreign exchange. Sp...

By Wezzie Gausi: Finance Minister Joseph Mwanamvekha has said the government has more than doubled its allocation to social benefits in the revised 2025-26 national budget, largely due to the expansion of the Fertiliser Inputs Subsidy Programme (Fis...

By Llywellenie Mpasa: FCB Nyasa Big Bullets ascended to the summit of the TNM Super League after edging Civil Service United 4-3 in a breathtaking and drama-packed encounter at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre Sunday. The match had everything in it. Besid...

INTERMISSION – Delegates confer during a temporary suspension – Photo: UN Climate BELEM, Brazil – Two of the world’s most vulnerable climate negotiation blocs emerged from the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Br...

By Kingsley Jassi: The 2025/26 national budget is off-track at mid-year as Finance Minister Joseph Mwanamvekha rues serious expenditure overruns, leading to a deficit overrun of K512.6 billion at half year. With most votes having already exhausted t...

By Mercy Matonga: The new Bill that members of Parliament (MPs) have agreed to discuss in the House gives the MPs the authority to take control of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). The Bill that Malawi News has seen, which is yet to be introd...

Minister of Finance, Joseph Mwanamvekha, has said the government will investigate how funds allocated to State Residence and the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) have been used. This follows revelations in the mid-year budget review showing ...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Patricia Wiskies has promised to prioritise the welfare of football legends across the country. Wiskies made the remarks when she met Football Legends Association (FLA) officials at Parliament Building in Lilongw...

Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has said it discovered some loopholes in Football Association of Malawi’s (Fam) systems and processes of safeguarding female athletes. The discovery is contained in the commission’s report on an alleged sexua...

In the early days of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) returning to power, many Malawians dared to hope. The rhetoric that flowed from the party’s leadership, especially President Peter Mutharika and Secretary- General Peter Mukhito, was one o...