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NB hospital needs good roads—councillor
The effectiveness of the new Nkhata Bay District Hospital will be watered down if government does not invest in…
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Chiefs drilled in Kigali Declaration
The Commonwealth secretariat has asked chiefs in the country to support its efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and…
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Malawi seeks to cut neonatal deaths
The Ministry of Health says although it has cut child mortality by 70 percent even before the Millennium Development…
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EU urges media to advance accountability
The European Union (EU) says the media has an important role in promoting government’s accountability to the citizenry of…
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Luanar tent classes worry SA diplomat
South Africa High Commissioner to Malawi Cassandra Mbuyane-Mokone has expressed worry for students at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and…
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Govt to burn K4.5bn ivory today
Malawi is finally set to start burning its ivory stockpile beginning today with the Department of Parks and Wildlife…
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MPs for partial privatisation of new Nkhata Bay Hospital
Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Health have recommended to government to privatise parts of the newly constructed 350-bed…
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Malawi stands out for reducing child mortality
Malawi has registered a 70 percent drop in child mortality, according to a report by Unicef on the findings of…
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Police arrest 41 suspected criminals
Police in Blantyre have arrested 41 suspected criminals including five illegal immigrants during a sweeping exercise conducted on Wednesday night.…
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Two arrested for possession of medical drugs, equipment
Police in Chiradzulu have arrested two people for being found in possession of medical drugs and equipment belonging to…
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Girls forced into marriage in Kasungu
Authorities in Kasungu have condemned the growing tendency among parents to force their daughters into early marriages. Kasungu Police Station…
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Police burn 3 acres of Indian hemp
Police on Tuesday raided an Indian hemp (chamba) farm inside Nkhotakota Game Reserve where they uprooted and destroyed over three…
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Court, Synod free Mzimba boy
Church and Society Programme of the Livingstonia Synod has helped liberate a 10-year-old boy from a broken family where struggle…
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Insatiable sexual appetite ends marriage in Mulanje
Bizarre! They used to go to bed at 7pm daily and would have sex from that time to around 1am…
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Wanderers, Epac complete Kabango deal
Be Forward Wanderers have completed the signing of Under-20 international defender Boston Kabango from Epac FC. The Nomads have paid…
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CSOs want inquiry in road funds
Civil society organisations (CSOs) in Thyolo have asked government to institute investigations into what happened to funds meant for construction…
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NGOs, councils clash on projects for lack of MoU
Some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been accused of not using laid down procedures when starting operations in districts, a development…
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Shot, neglected Mzuzu man threatens to sue
A 38-year-old Mzuzu driver rues going to town last Wednesday afternoon where he was shot with a gun that…
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Govt in irrigation infrastructure development
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development is constructing irrigation infrastructure to increase irrigated fields and agricultural productivity and improve…
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Police drop K39m MAM charges
Fiscal Police in Blantyre have dropped their investigation of Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) chairperson Idrissa Muhammad over alleged…
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