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Mist over NGO Bill tabling
Controversy surrounds the legal status of the contentious Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Act (Amendment) Bill set to be tabled in Parliament…
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No State House vigils, Apam told
Plans by Association of People with Albinism in Malawi (Apam) to hold vigils at Kamuzu Palace have collapsed after Lilongwe…
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National Bank set to lay off staff
National Bank of Malawi plc, the country’s biggest commercial bank by assets and profitability, is set to lay off an…
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UN advises Malawi on peaceful elections
United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief coordinator and under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock has advised Malawi to sustain the status…
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Businessman robbed K15 million in Chikwawa
Police in Chikwawa are hunting for a group of eight suspected thugs alleged to have robbed a businessman of K15…
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Govt relocates 43 albino students to boarding school
Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST) has transferred 43 students with albinism from day to boarding secondary schools. The…
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Deal with food insecurity—UN
United Nations (UN) humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock has urged government to deal with the root causes of food insecurity in…
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Opposition queries budget
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and People’s Party (PP) plan to take the government to task over its failure to…
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Govt claims K15m from CSO leader
Government has demanded K15 million from Youth and Society (YAS) executive director Charles Kajoloweka as costs for a case in…
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Govt taken to task over martyrs
Various speakers during Martyrs’ Day commemorations in Nkhata Bay yesterday took turns, demanding to know why President Peter Mutharika does…
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Umunthu challenges health service providers
Art and Global Health (Artglo) has urged health service providers in the country to stop discriminating against minority groups such…
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Red Cross aids Nsanje wind storm victims
Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) has distributed cash to 171 families who were affected by strong winds in the area…
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Kasungu farmers hail pit planting for boosting output
Farmers in Gogode Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kaomba in Kasungu District have commended pit planting method, saying it has boosted…
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MZ City Council for resilient housing
Mzuzu City Council chief executive officer McCloud Kadam’manja has touted the housing subsidy as a tool for mitigating chronic disasters…
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Man arrested in Dowa for possessing ivory
Police in Dowa District have arrested a 33-year-old man for alleged illegal possession of two pieces of ivory weighing 4.2…
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Student with albinism escapes abduction
Aubrey Maulidi, 19, a person with albinism (PWA), escaped death by a whisker last Monday at midnight after a sinister…
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Plan hands over girls hostel in Mzimba
Plan International on Thursday handed over a girls’ hostel to Enyezini Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Mzimba. The rural…
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Police defy court order
The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has given 40 officers serving Vice-President Saulosi Chilima half salaries for February as part of…
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Mutharika shuns Apam on march
President Peter Mutharika will not be in Lilongwe when the Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (Apam) will be…
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More woes on K400bn project
Prospects of finding a solution to the anticipated water woes of Lilongwe City are looking dim after a contract government…
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