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ACB speaks on seven Cabinet ministers
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) yesterday cleared the seven Cabinet ministers alleged to be mentioned in the 13 files the Auditor General…
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4 ministers risk dismissal
Shun declaration of assets Declaration deadline was July 31 Directorate to write APM Four Cabinet ministers have not updated their…
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UN warns La Nina will bring heavy floods
After suffering from the ravages of El Nino in the 2015/16 rainy season, Malawi is again at risk from another…
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Horror in Kuwait as woman claims abuse
A Malawian woman, who is one of the 38 women that have been repatriated from Kuwait since July this year,…
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16 picked in land chaos
Scores of heavily-armed police officers yesterday fired teargas at hundreds of villagers in Thyolo who invaded privately-owned Conforzi Estate…
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MCP defends expulsions, suspensions
Embattled opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera says the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has expelled some…
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Rights bodies petition UN over govt’s critics’ targeting
Two local human rights bodies have petitioned the United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in…
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MCP starts holding district elections
Malawi Congress Party (MCP), the second biggest political party by representation in Parliament, has started conducting district elections in…
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‘Poverty, hunger fuelling prostitution’
Positive Steps, a local non-governmental organisation (NGO), has said engaging sex workers in village savings and loan (VSL) groups…
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Lack of mobility riles Salima DHO
Salima District Hospital has appealed to well-wishers to help in alleviating mobility challenges that have hit the facility. Salima…
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Communites hail nutrition project
Communities from Chafukira in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kanyenda in Nkhotakota have described malnutrition as a menace to development, pledging to…
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KA councillors fight for positions
Divisions have emerged among councillors in Karonga over the positions of chairperson and vice-chairperson ahead of the council’s elections…
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Mhuju Health Centre gets K2m drugs
Reporter Invest in Knowledge research institution on Tuesday donated drugs and medical equipment worth K2 million to Mhuju Health Centre…
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Police arrest Thyolo land redistribution advocates
Police have arrested 16 leaders of the Peoples Land Organisation (PLO), a grouping of community members from Thyolo District advocating for…
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Kabwila, others shun MCP NEC meet
Three Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislators—Jessie Kabwila, Joseph Njobvuyalema and Felix Jumbe—on Wednesday shunned the party’s national executive committee (NEC)…
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BWB quietly effects 23% water tariff hike
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) quietly raised water tariffs by 23 percent effective July 1 this year after government approved its…
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MEC moves to clear image
Embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it has embarked on a drive to put its house in order and reclaim…
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UK unveils new digital visa application service
The British High Commission in Lilongwe has announced that the United Kingdom (UK) Home Office has now completed a global…
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Msusa decries nepotism in Govt, church
Head of the Catholic Church in Malawi, Archbishop Thomas Msusa, has decried high levels of nepotism and discrimination, emphasising the…
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Malawi set to harness demographic dividend
Malawi’s youthful and unproductive population, though currently a burden for the country to provide them with social services, could be…
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