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Fallen MDF soldier buried
The body of Malawi Defence Force (MDF) staff sergeant Dyson Mayao, who was killed in a rebel ambush in…
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ECAMA urges action on rich-poor gap
Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) says international charity and development organisation Oxfam’s report highlighting a widening gap between the…
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Mungomo challenges MBC demotion
Broadcaster Albert Mungomo has obtained an injunction stopping taxpayer-funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) from effecting a demotion on the…
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12 yrs IHL for defiling, impregnating step daughter
The Blantyre Resident Magistrates’ court on Friday sentenced a 27 year old man to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour…
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We want a binding Paris agreement—Msaka
Malawi, just like other African countries, wants the outcome of the Paris climate change negotiations to be legally binding so…
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Early warning systems critical in averting disasters
Africa’s climate and development agendas are inextricably linked. Floods and droughts cause heavy losses of livelihood and lives, but also…
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MHRC calls for fresh probe over killings
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has called for a fresh probe into alleged murders of encroachers at the…
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Fire guts KIA VIP guardroom
Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) VIP’s guardroom was on Friday evening partially damaged by fire that started at around 18:20…
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ACB drifts away from blueprint
Seven years of letting the National Anti-Corruption strategy gather dust in the in-tray of implementation has rendered the Anti-Corruption…
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ACB clears foreign firms over K12bn query
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has cleared foreign-owned companies, alleged by the Baker Tilly report to have benefited from K24 billion…
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Girls’ health, education pathetic in urban slums
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) councilor for Chilomoni Ward Philip Kameta has said adolescent girls from urban slums face worse proportions…
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Blantyre DHO to deploy ambulances in healthy facilities
The Blantyre District Health Office says it will deploy ambulances to sixteen healthy facilities in the district to ease mobility…
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Communities want oil search results
Communities around Lake Malawi have bemoaned government’s silence on the outcome of Full Sensor Gravity Survey which two companies…
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BCC, vendors fight over land
Blantyre City Council (BCC) has threatened to demolish stalls that vendors have erected outside Limbe Police Station and Dalton Magistrate’s…
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Parliament meet below par
Commentators and parliamentarians alike have said the just ended meeting of Parliament failed to meet most of its expectations,…
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State house blows k2.3bn in 3 months
State residences spent 42 percent of its K7.5 billion ($12,455,400) annual allocation within the first three months of the…
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Govt buys $30m drought insurance
Government has taken out a $30 million insurance policy from the African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Limited for the…
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High Court rebuffs govt on CoP
The High Court in Mzuzu has thrown out an application by government to vacate an injunction that four MPs got…
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Paris pledges €1 million to Green Climate Fund
Malawi and other developing countries stand to benefit from the €1 million (about MK634 290 399) Green Climate Fund (GCF)…
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Egyptian Embassy introduces artwork competition
Egyptian Ambassador to Malawi, Maher El-Adawy, says his office will hold a competition for children and the youth entitled ‘Egypt…
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