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UK gives K23bn relief
United Kingdom’s (UK) Department for International Development (DfID) has given Malawi £24 million (about K23 billion) as a contribution…
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MPs, Goodall in face-off
Legislators yesterday rejected a K51 billion allocation to the National Local Government Finance Committee (NLGFC) as a bargaining chip…
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MPs pass K1.149 trillion budget
Members of Parliament (MPs) last evening passed a K1 149 375 259 646 National Budget for the 2016/17 fiscal year…
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Egypt dares Immigration
Egyptian Ambassador Maher El-Adawy has urged Immigration Department to become independent and generate its own resources instead of…
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NFRA spending K10b on 40 000 tonnes maize
National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) plans to purchase 40 000 metric tonnes (MT) of maize valued at K10 billion…
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Unima students give govt 72-hour ultimatum
University of Malawi Students Union (Umsu) yesterday gave the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) a 72-hour ultimatum to…
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Court reserves ruling in MEC, Salimu case
High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda yesterday reserved his decision on whether to allow private practice lawyer Ambokire Salimu to…
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Health vote passes amid protest
Parliament yesterday passed some of the votes to some ministries and government agencies under protest from opposition members of…
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GOVT owes ESCOM, water boards K10BN
Government ministries, agencies and departments (MDAs) owe public utility service providers—the country’s five water boards and Electricity Supply Corporation…
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World Bank revises growth down to 2.6%
The World Bank has projected that Malawi’s economic growth will slow down further to 2.6 percent in 2016 owing…
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Chikwawa farmers urged to embrace solar irrigation
Malawi Government has handed over three solar powered irrigation sites in Nsanje and Chikwawa to help increase agricultural productivity…
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No school, no food at Namitambo care centre
Timotheos Foundation, a charity organisation that helps needy children, has warned beneficiaries of its Namitambo Child Care Centre in…
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Salima Police warn child rights violators
Police in Salima say they will not spare anyone breaching children’s right to education by forcing them into marriage.…
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Dedza farmer urges youths to embrace agriculture
Dedza-based farmer and recipient of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Innovations Award, Keledonia Nkhonyo, has advised youths to embrace…
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Nkhata Bay in disability programmes
Lack of political will has been singled out as the major factor in the continued failure in promotion and…
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Unfilled coal mine scares Karonga community
Leaders of 11 villages surrounding Mwaulambo Coal Mine in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kilupula in Karonga have expressed concern over…
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Economy to slow down to 2.6%–WB
The World Bank has projected that Malawi’s economy growth will slow down further to 2.6 percent in 2016 owing to…
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Smedi bosses summoned to hearing
Top three bosses at Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute (Smedi) have been summoned to a disciplinary hearing on…
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CSO joins alcohol sachets ban tussle
The legal tussle over the ban of packaging alcohol in plastic sachets has taken a new twist with civil…
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K13m to repatriate stranded ‘girls in Kuwait
Malawi needs K13 million (about $18 700) to repatriate 28 young women who are stranded in Kuwait following botched…
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