Malawi’s First Lady, Professor Gertrude Mutharika said on Friday the K32 million donation Beautify Malawi (BEAM) Trust received from the People’s Republic of China would rescue 100 girls from child marriages. Mutharika received a cheque donation for K32, 550, 000 from the Peoples Republic of China at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. She said the money […]
A British citizen Brendan Rendall has embarked on a 4000km running journey aimed at raising £75,000 (about K75 million) for the construction of a boys hostel for the Friends of Mulanje Orphans (FOMO). Dubbed Running Africa, Coast to Coast, the journey started on June 3 and has taken Rendall from Namibia to Mozambique via Zambia […]
A British man, Brendan Rendall, who is on a marathon in four African countries in aid of Malawi orphans, arrived in Malawi through the Mwami/Zambia-Mchinji border on Wednesday. The 36-year- old Manchester trained teacher who is joined by other four people, will run 4,000km across the coast of Africa in a marathon dubbed ‘Running Africa […]
PRESS RELEASE FACTS ON THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF MALAWI HIGH COMMISIONER TO KENYA The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation would like to correct the article which was published in the “The Nation Newspaper” of Sunday, 5 August 2018, headlined “SHEER WASTE” which is misleading. The Malawi Government has two properties at the Malawi […]
New Chinese ambassador to Malawi, Liu Hong Yong has hailed the 10 year old diplomatic relations between the two countries as successful. Liu made the remarks when he addressed the media at the New State House in Lilongwe after presenting his letters of credence to Malawi’s President, Professor Peter Mutharika. He said he was looking […]
PRESS STATEMENT For immediate release 4th August 2018 On behalf of the people of Malawi, His Excellency the President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika extends his heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency Emerson Mnangagwa, the President-Elect of the Republic of Zimbabwe and the ZANU-PF for their victory during their just ended General Elections. Through the elections, […]
The police minister says Malawi has 300 stolen vehicles, while many more are spread out the rest of southern Africa. Police Minister Minister Bheki Cele said on Thursday he would soon be heading to Malawi to retrieve South African vehicles stolen and smuggled across the border. ”At least 22,000 cars are stolen in South Africa […]
Two Burundian refugees, Emmanuel Sekanao and Dezire Bintuari who are answering charges of attempted murder and grievous harm for allegedly shooting a naturalized Malawian of Rwandan origin, Vincent Niyongira had on Wednesday resorted to harass a Times Group reporter, Watipaso Mzungu for taking pictures at the court. Their case resumed on Wednesday at Lilongwe Senior […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika Friday commended BRICS for establishing the New Development Bank (NDB) with a focus on infrastructure development and asked the bank to support the country’s development programmes. In his statement to the 2018 BRICS Africa Outreach dialogue in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mutharika said Malawi is open to investment and ready to do […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika and his Namibian counterpart, Hage Geingob Friday held a bilateral meeting in Johannesburg during which they tipped each other on how to achieve economic independence. The meeting was held on the sidelines of 2018 BRICS Summit which the two leaders were attending. Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Dr Emmanuel […]