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Japan says Malawi can feed itself
Japanese Ambassador to Malawi Shuichiro Nishioka says Malawi has a potential to feed itself if it adopts innovative and sustainable…
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Five die in Chiradzulu accident
Five people died while 30 others were seriously injured when a five tonne vehicle travelling from Limbe to Phalombe overturned…
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Government not satisfied with Kyungu’s advice
The government has expressed dissatisfaction with the advice given by Paramount Chief Kyungu last Wednesday, that Karonga District Council…
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Fierce fire guts LL paint company’s warehouse
A fierce warehouse fire at Rainbow Paints Company in Lilongwe destroyed paint-making materials and other property worth millions of kwacha…
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Housing subsidy to create 35 000 jobs
Government’s five-year Decent and Affordable Housing Subsidy Programme will have created over 35 000 jobs by the time it finishes,…
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Baby dumping worries Steka
About 11 babies have been dumped in Blantyre City since the beginning of 2015, a development that is worrying Step…
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Nkhotakota woman dumps baby in toilet
A 30-year-old woman from Luwalazi in Nkhotakota is suspected to have dumped her newly-born baby girl in a pit…
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MP organises K19m medical camps
Mangochi South West parliamentarian Justin Majawa has organised medical camps worth K19 million ($33 807.83) for his constituents. The campaign…
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Flood victims graduate to modern houses
The floods that rendered several people homeless in 15 of the country’s 28 districts in January have turned to be…
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Mwanza has high malnutrition
Forty seven percent of under-five children in Mwanza District in the southern of Malawi are said to be malnourished. This…
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Ndata break-in prosecutor retires
The case of police officers accused of breaking and stealing at former president Bingu wa Mutharika’s Casablanca Manor at Ndata…
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Gomani calls for Ngoni unity amid royal strife
Inkosi Ya Makosi Gomani V, has called for unity among the royal family as internal strife almost led to the…
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APM’s China visit hope for new projects—Chaponda
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Corporation George Chaponda says Mutharika’s visit to China this week gives Malawi hope for…
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Human rights defenders warn Mutharika against ‘careless’ talk
Human rights defenders have asked President Peter Mutharika to be cautious when talking to Malawians to avoid negative repercussions. The…
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5 000 people to get national IDs
About 5 000 Malawians nationwide will get national identity cards (IDs) in the next few months as the National Registration…
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No prices set for Zambia maize
Failure by a government instituted committee to come up with a price at which Admarc should sell maize sourced from…
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Doctors demand review of drug procurement system
The Society of Malawi Doctors (SMD) has demanded a special review of the drug procurement system which it claims is…
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Govt rebuffs mediators on lake proposal
Malawi Government has rejected a resource-sharing proposal as a final solution to the ongoing border dispute with Tanzania over…
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I will be ambassador against crime, corruption—Lutepo
Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo has said his participation in looting of billions of public funds and incarceration has taught…
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APM fails to trace Ntata, Nyasatimes
President Peter Mutharika has failed to serve court summons to former presidential aide Allan Ntata and publishers of an…
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