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Joyce Banda, Atupele concede defeat
Outgoing President Joyce Banda and United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential contender Atupele Muluzi yesterday conceded defeat to Democratic Progressive Party’s…
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Regional Editors’ Forum condemns Macra
The Southern African Editors’ Forum (Saef) election observer mission has expressed concern over Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority’s (Macra) decision to…
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Germany releases K1.8bn for LDF
Local government polls have enthused Germany, prompting it to release about K1.8 billion to support Malawi’s decentralisation process. The funds…
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Early childhood quality worries Save the Children
Save the Children International says early childhood development (ECD), quality of teaching and learning remain core challenges in the country.…
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Withdrawn defilement case raises eyebrows
The 65-year-old granny sits on the veranda of her one-bedroom grass-thatched house in Blantyre, still waiting for her granddaughter’s justice…
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Schools observe ‘public holiday’ for elections
Most schools in cities and towns remained closed three days after Malawians voted in Tuesday’s tripartite elections despite government announcement…
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MESN demands full voters’ register before polls day
With just two days left before Malawi go to the polls, local NGO Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has demanded…
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Poll says Peter leads, but race still tight
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidentialcandidate Peter Mutharika has a slight lead in the US-based Afrobarometer opinion poll released Friday night, but the…
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MTL plots to fire hundreds
Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL) plans to retrench at least half of its 740 workforce, according to insiders and documents that…
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Presidential Debate: Mutharika to miss first debate
Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Peter Mutharika has snubbed the first phase of the presidential debates to…
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Chiwaula to head regional disability federation
Disability campaigner and executive director for the Federation of Disability Organisations in Malawi, (Fedoma) Mussa Chiwaula, is relocating to Gaborone,…
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Malawi police sabotaged Cashgate probe
The Malawi Police Service (MPS) erected impenetrable barriers to sabotage investigations into the K3 billion fraud that involved police officers…
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Surgery must be central—Professor Nyengo Mkandawire
Nyengo Mkandawire has joined the elite ranks of full professors. Last week, he presented an inaugural lecture at Comesa Hall…
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QECH doctors contradict govt on drug situation
Although government and officials at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre last week put a positive spin on…
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President Banda pardons 281 prisoners
As part of Easter celebrations, Malawi President Joyce Banda has pardoned 281 prisoners from the country’s 23 crowded prisons. A…
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Mutharika causes commotion as he joins Way of Cross
Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Arthur Peter Mutharika on Friday joined thousands of Roman Catholic faithful in the annual walking…
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Save the Children hands over K6m child centre in Chiradzulu
Save the Children International on Wednesday handed over a K6 million (US$14 286) block to Chotokwa Community Based Child Care…
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Family receives death threats over church election
A member of Chiwembe’s St Paul CCAP Church in Blantyre, Godfrey Phiri, is living in fear after a fellow Christian…
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PCL bids farewell to longest service manager
Press Corporation Limited (PCL) has bid farewell to its longest serving manager and executive member Charles Jimmy Evans who has…
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Lilongwe house scam
The Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has for a year ignored directives from government and the National Audit Office (NAO) to…
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