By Patricia Kapulula Lilongwe, April 8, Mana: President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera Thursday night returned from Maputo, Mozambique where he attended a one day Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Double Troika Summit. The summit which had members states of the Troika organ on Politics, Defence and Security Corporation met and discussed security issues in […]
By Memory Chatonda Blantyre, April 7, Mana: Merck Foundation, the Philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany has introduced new medical scholarships for local young doctors to assist in providing access to quality and equitable health care solutions to patients in their respective countries. The Doctors from Malawi and other African as well as Asian countries […]
By Manasse Nyirenda Lilongwe, March 30, Mana: Indian high commissioner to Malawi, Subbia Gorpalakrishnan has said his government is committed to enhancing bilateral relations for the social and economic development of the two countries. Gorpalakrishnan made the remarks when he presented his letter of credence to Malawi’s State President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera at Mtunthama […]
Malawi government is refusing to have Prophet Bushiri accusers in South Africa to appear before Lilongwe Magistrate Court to authenticate evidence contained in the extradition request. Bushiri’s lawyer, Wapona Kita, argued befote the court that, according to Section 9 of the Extradition Act, witnesses are supposed to be paraded for authentication of evidence contained in […]
By Kondanani Chilimunthaka Malawi State President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has said, the departed President of Tanzania, late John Pombe Magufuli was an icon and hero whose name needs to be preserved in Africa as a symbol of a kind of resolve that will create the long awaited Africa. President Chakwera was speaking during the funeral […]
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Kondwani Nankhumwa has congratulated Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan on her ascendancy to the high office of President of the United Republic of Tanzania following the the untimely death of President John Pombe Magufuli from heart complications. In his statement posted on his Facebook Page, Nankhumwa who is DPP […]
A Dutch trade company- IDH has partnered with Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust (MMCT) in addressing deforestation in Mulanje Mountain Forest Reserve under two months ‘Landscape Management Project’. For two weeks now, IDH and MMCT have been supporting tree planting activities in the mountain close to Mbewa and Gibisani villages. The two partners said deforestation in […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has accepted President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi’s request for Malawi to support Botswana’s candidate for the Executive Secretary position at the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Chakwera announced the decision today during a joint press conference with Masisi at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe Botswana wants its Permanent Secretary and Head of Public […]
1. In 2018, before his arrest, he had complained to Malawi government with regards to human rights violations he was suffering in South Africa. He also raised similar concerns with human rights organisations in Malawi who took it up with South African High Commission in Malawi and also South Africa’s Human Rights Commission. 2. In […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima on Tuesday joined various other high level speakers from Africa to virtually address an African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development being hosted by the Democratic Republic of Congo. As Minister for Economic Planning and Development which also oversees the National Statistical Office (NSO), Chilima addressed a special panel that that discussed […]