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Maize fields show signs of life
As the rains have started falling across the country after weeks of scorching sun, maize fields have started showing signs…
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Gender inequality worries activists
Gender inequality in politics and decision- making positions in public institutions where women representation is low remains a major…
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Chiefs interfere in KU food distribution programme
some chiefs in Kasungu are interfering with the food distribution programme being implemented by Plan Malawi International in conjunction…
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Nyika Media Club donates maize flour to Mzuzu Prison
Nyika Media Club, a grouping of media professionals in the Northern Region, on Tuesday donated 100 five-kilogramme bags of…
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Nkhata Bay DHO officially relocates to new facility
Nkhata Bay district health office (DHO) over the weekend officially moved its health care services from the old hospital…
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Government rejects 50 charcoal licence applications
Malawi Government has rejected licence applications for over 50 companies to produce and supply charcoal in the country, public…
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BCC winds up Shoesday Initiative
Blantyre City Mayor Councillor Noel Chalamanda on Friday morning received a donation of pairs of shoes from St Andrews International…
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Access to potable water down 28%
Access to safe and affordable drinking water in the country dropped by 28 percent over the past five years, research…
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Constituency re-demarcation starts this month
Malawi Electoral Commission’s (MEC) exercise to re-demarcate all the 193 constituencies is set to start this month. The exercise,…
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Maneb in video shooting
The Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) is shooting a video which it intends to use to sensitise pupils and…
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Arrest crooks reselling Admarc maize—APM
President Peter Mutharika yesterday ordered police to track down and arrest all “criminal maize vendors” who connive with crooked…
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RBM mum on Mzuzu Branch opening
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) continues to keep a tight lid on when the new Mzuzu Branch will…
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Court shifts Mphwiyo Cashgate case to March 16
The High Court in Lilongwe has adjourned to March 16 2016 the case in which former Ministry of Finance…
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QECH dialysis unit ‘shuts down’
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre has temporarily shut down its dialysis unit because it has no reagents,…
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Blood scarcity rocks KCH
Thousands of people in need of blood at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH)—the country’s second largest referral facility—risk dying following…
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Taps run dry in Ntcheu
Residents of Ntcheu boma have complained of heightened water shortages and have since called on government to intervene. Reports reaching…
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BCC wants Red Star injunction vacated
Blantyre City Council (BCC) has instructed its lawyers to apply for the vacation of a court injunction which 54…
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Timber millers claim MDF burnt money in forest evacuation
Viphya Plantation Timber Millers Union has accused Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers of burning money and committing several atrocities in…
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Malawi cannot abandon tobacco—Minister
Government says it cannot abandon tobacco farming even as the World Health Organisation (WHO) leads an anti-smoking lobby that…
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Court bars Omar from UDF meetings
The High Court in Lilongwe yesterday granted an injunction to the United Democratic Front (UDF) restraining its expelled first…
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