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Govt removes Lilongwe Water Board CEO
Engineer Alfonso Chikuni has been removed as Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) chief executive officer (CEO) and seconded to Ministry of…
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Mixed fortunes on Human Rights Day
Heavy rains in Lilongwe on Tuesday forced government to cancel Human Rights Day commemorations, but hundreds others braved the downpour…
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Slow progress in malaria fight
The latest World Malaria Report shows that Malawi is among 20 countries in Africa where exposure to malaria infection during…
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Trapped in poverty
Malawi’s human development has soared 60 percent in nearly 20 years, according to a key United Nations (UN) global poverty…
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3 cops injured, 4 roadblocks removed in MRA protests
Protesters demanding the removal of some Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) officers in Karonga on Tuesday left three police officers injured…
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Police, vendors clash in Karonga demos
Business has come to a standstill today in the border district of Karonga where business people held demonstrations to push…
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Project injects K647m to promote services in councils
The Local Government Accountability and Performance (Lgap) programme has planned to invest about K647 million in promoting good governance and…
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HRDC holds Freedom March in LL today
As Malawi joins the rest of the world in commemorating Human Rights Day today, Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says…
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‘Landgate’ haunts govt
Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Joseph Mwandidya has said lack of proper documentation…
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Cartels fuelling graft—UK envoy
United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner Holly Tett on Monday expressed concern over what she described as “politically-connected” individuals who are…
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APM, PAC agree to prepare Malawians for elections case outcome
A seven-member Public Affairs Committee (PAC) team on Monday met President Peter Mutharika at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe as part…
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NGO donates K1.2m relief items to Chiradzulu communities
Centre for Alternatives for Victimised Women and Children (Cavwoc) on Saturday donated relief items worth K1.2 million to 150 households…
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Ntchisi girls demand sexual and reproductive health services
Girls in Ntchisi District have urged government to enact the abortion law in their quest to access sexual and reproductive…
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‘Poor tobacco sales cause for food insecurity in Kasungu’
Poor tobacco sales have rendered some households in Kasungu food insecure as they resorted to selling maize to earn more…
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Community leaders urged to demand MoUs from investors
Justice and Peace of Karonga Diocese desk officer Louis Nkhata has urged community leaders in Chitipa and Karonga districts to…
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Mzuzu councillors vandalise CEO’s office over delayed motorbike loans
Mzuzu City councillors on Friday vandalised the council’s chief executive officer’s (CEO) office in protest against delayed motorbike loans. Jombo…
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Political parties call on HRDC ‘to save Malawi’
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Alliance for Democracy (Aford) have urged Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) not to be intimidated…
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Govt to embark on contract farming to fill grain reserves
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has unveiled plans to venture into contract farming with farmers—both subsistence and commercial—to…
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Parliament probe on Livimbo school ‘sale’ starts today
Parliament will from today start a full inquiry into the alleged sale of Livimbo school in Lilongwe and other government…
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APM, PAC meet today
President Peter Mutharika has finally granted the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) an audience today to update him on the outcome…
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