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Riots, protests are they a global trend?
Carlos Lopes, the former United Nations Economic Commission executive secretary tweeted this week about the growing unrest in the world.…
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K18 billion for relief maize?
The last time Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wanted to fund its cadres, was through procurement of maize. What the DPP…
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Say no to FAM capture
Walter Nyamilandu, on Tuesday said the obvious that he will contest the FAM presidency. He thinks that not being president,…
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More action needed on wildlife crimes
Forty one people, including 12 Chinese, have been apprehended for wildlife crimes in recent weeks. Police and wildlife officials described…
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Govt should be ashamed for taxing mobile money users
A staggering 75 percent of Malawians are unbanked. Mobile money operators bridge this gap. Mobile money accounts jumped from less than…
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Business News
Major boost for mango growers
A new project that will upscale highly successful fruit fly management technologies developed by the International Centre of Insect Physiology…
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BWB management should protect its customers
This paper last weekend exposed a syndicate at Blantyre Water Board (BWB) that has been ripping off people for a…
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Don’t hold country to ransom, Ansah please go!
Jane Ansah must resign. This has been the war cry of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) for the past two…
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Time to ‘legalise’ First Lady’s office
The role played by the wives of heads of state in Africa has been largely ignored, writes Jo-Ansie van Wyk…
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Does Muluzi have anything to offer?
As the country’s first multiparty president from 1994 to 2004, Bakili Muluzi is widely credited with consolidating Malawi’s democracy and…
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The itch no one is willing to scratch
The boil this country is nursing will pop open any time, unless our leaders behave like adults to brave the…
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Corrupt officials weaken State institutions
Africa doesn’t need strongmen; it needs strong institutions, former US president Barack Obama said during his visit to Ghana in…
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Time up for post-election violence
Justice Jane Ansah will not resign. At least that is what we on the streets got from her televised interview…
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MCP should manage election loss carefully
Historically, football has always been associated with aggression and violence. Since its emergence in the 14th century, the game “on…
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Guest Spot
‘Malawi’s future is certainly bright’
‘A sense to look after one another’ is what US ambassador VIRGINIA PALMER will take back home with her from…
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Front Page
Malawi stands to benefit from newly approved WHO HIV test
Malawi stands to benefit from the World Health Organisation (WHO) move to approve a mobile HIV viral load test designed…
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Of buying youths beer, electoral coup and vote rigging
Before the election dust settles allow me dear reader to republish this article which I wrote on August 2018. I…
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Business News
Researchers secure K5.8bn for agriculture transformation
Michigan State University researchers received a $7.8 million (about K5.8billion) grant from the Agricultural Transformation Initiative to build an independent…
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Business News
Diaspora remittances up K3.7bn in 2018
Diaspora remittances in 2018 rose to the equivalent of over 0.6 percent of Malawi’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to…
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Business News
Governments urged to embrace digital transformation
The 52nd session of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (COM2019)…
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