Save the Children in post-disaster interventions
Save the Children has embarked on post-disaster interventions in communities affected by this year’s floods. One such intervention involves emptying pit latrines in primary…
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Lions Club of Lilongwe cheers up mothers
Members of Lions Club of Lilongwe on Tuesday cheered up expectant and new mothers at Area 18 Health Centre in the capital city where…
Councillor throws weight behind NPL Kauma project
Councillor for Nyama Ward in Lilongwe, Heston Zybion, has thrown his weight behind a Nation Publications Limited (NPL) waste management project at Kauma in…
Chakwera lawyers block ‘strange’ document
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera’s lawyers yesterday blocked Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale from using a document not filed with the court…
US human rights report damns police
A United States Department of State report on human rights situation in the country has observed that the Malawi Police Service (MPS) generally breaks…
12 more Msundwe saga
Lilongwe senior resident magistrate Florence Msekandiana yesterday released on bail 12 suspects arrested in connection with the Msundwe fracas following the State’s failure to…
MHRC crippled
Faced with piling workload to investigate human rights abuses in the country, State-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) says it does not have the…
Ombudsman to probe local councils
The Office of the Ombudsman is set to launch a complex investigation into how millions of public funds disbursed through various development funds were…
Friends of Chileka to promote education, environment
Friends of Chileka (FOC), a group of people from Chileka in Blantyre but living across the country, has embarked on activities seeking to promote…
Cotton farmers cry foul over low prices in Karonga
Cotton farmers under Lupembe Extension Planning Area (EPA) in Karonga District have complained about low prices the crop is fetching on the market. Speaking…
Women’s group donates to children with disabilities
Global Women Leadership Network in Malawi (GWLN), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), on Monday donated inclusive education equipment worth K650 000 to Talandira Community Based…
‘Include women, youths in local structures’
Small Producers Development and Transporters Association (Sprodeta) says it is committed to promoting women and youths’ rights in Mzimba District through advocating for their…
Chakwera, Chilima send goodwill messages to mothers
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and his UTM Party counterpart Saulos Chilima on Tuesday called on the nation to respect women, saying…
Power outages to ease this week—Egenco
The Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) says it is optimistic that its Kapichira Hydro Power Station’s Units 1 and 2, which experienced an emergency outage,…
Minister launches 2019/20 Fisp
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development KondwaniNankhumwa yesterday launched the 2019/20 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) with a promise for an organised programme…
Police accused of starving suspects
Private practice lawyers representing suspects arrested in the Msundwe saga have unveiled plans to seek compensation from government after police allegedly kept their clients…
4 dead, 21 houses torched in Nkhata Bay
Four people have died and 21 houses torched in Tuesday’s fracas between two villages along the Mzuzu-Nkhata Bay Road in Nkhata Bay. Nkhata Bay…
Dwangwa Round Table empowers visually impaired learners
Dwangwa Round Table 69 has donated braille materials and sport equipment worth K1 million to visually impaired learners at Nkhotakota Primary School. Speaking after…
Water shortage affects Katili Health Centre
Water shortage continues to affect healthcare service delivery, especially for pregnant mothers at Katili Health Centre in Karonga District. In an interview, Katili Health…
Neno agriculture fair impresses farmers
Farmers in Neno have expressed satisfaction with the district’s first agriculture fair orgarnised to create a platform for smallholder farmers to access market connections.…