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Malawi risks losing slot in global mining body
Malawi risks losing its Extractive Industry Transparency International (Eiti) membership for submitting its fourth Eiti report late and without input…
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‘Covid worsens inequality’
A new global report on inequality by Oxfam has exposed how the Covid 19 pandemic has deepened inequality between the…
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Malawi urgently needs Covid-19 vaccines—MSF
The Doctors without Borders (Medicins Sans Frontiers-MSF) Covid-19 response team says Malawi urgently needs access to vaccination to contain infections…
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Corruption still rampant—report
Findings by Transparency International (TI) in its Corruption Perception Index (CPI) show that corruption continues to worsen in as Malawi…
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January tops Covid-19 deaths
Malawi has registered 351 of the 540 coronavirus-related deaths in January 2021 compared to 189 deaths recorded between April and…
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Covid-19 safety net in slow progress
There is little hope that all beneficiaries of the government’s Covid-19 Urban Cash Intervention safety net may start accessing the…
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Bushiri says not seeking political intervention
Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) leader Shepherd Bushiri says he does not want political intervention in his ongoing court case in…
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Water boards employees threaten shutdown
Employees from the country’s five water boards are pressing on government to increase their salaries by 20 percent, failing which…
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Traders cheating farmers under govt watch—study
A new study by the Agriculture Policy Research Africa (Apra) has exposed how unscrupulous traders use tampered weighing scales to buy…
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CSOs condemn elderly killings
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have called for the protection of elderly groups following revelations that over 15 elderly people were…
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Family lynches one, hacks another elderly to death
Family members have tussled following the death of a young man, resulting in the brutal deaths of two elderly people…
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Beer brawl claims life, three nabbed
Police in Nkhata Bay have arrested three men for allegedly assaulting to death Kuwachi Banda following misunderstandings that ensued at…
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MRA recalls some fired employees
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has started recalling some of its officers whose contracts were terminated in August following revelations…
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Business News
ILO, Ecam partner in new child labour pact
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Employers Consultative Association of Malawi (Ecam) have signed an action programme to mobilise…
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Protect forests—Chakwera
President Lazarus Chakwera has asked the private sector to adopt forest reserves in various communities to ensure the survival of…
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Mzimba South health workers threaten strike
Nurses and clinicians at Mzimba South District Hospital have threatened to down tools from Friday should authorities fail to pay…
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No money for gay rights consultations—MHRC
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) says it is yet to get funding from government to constitute a national inquiry for…
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Chakwera deplores violence, launches housing project
President Lazarus Chakwera took advantage of the launch of construction of 10 000 houses for security agencies to condemn his…
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D-Day for sex Offenders
Minister of Justice Titus Mvalo says his ministry will propose amendments to the Penal Code to make punishments for rape…
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DPP Mary Kachale moved to OPC
Principal State Advocate Steven Kayuni is, subject to Parliament’s approval, set to replace Mary Kachale as Director of Public Prosecutions…
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