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Thin plastics ban lift worries environmentalists
Environmental experts have expressed disappointment with the decision by the High Court in Blantyre to suspend a ban on…
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Chanthunya seeks bail as trial starts
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal is yet to decide on a bail application pending an appeal filled by…
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MCP tasks Chilima on ‘rigging’
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has pinned Vice-President Saulos Chilima down to provide more details on his claim that the…
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Water crisis hits Qech
A water crisis has hit the country’s largest referral Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (Qech) in Blantyre, a development that…
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Muhlako wa Alhomwe, Kaliati in verbal exchange
Cultural ethnic group Muhlakho wa Alhomwe has demanded an apology from former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of women…
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Exercise in futility?
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has asked Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya to summon an emergency Parliament meeting to…
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Minister warns against selling voter IDs
Minister of Civic Education, Culture and Community Development Grace Chiumia has warned against selling voter identity cards (IDs), saying those…
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Mixed reactions to Chilima’s 12-point plan
There are mixed views on Vice-President Saulos Chilima’s 12-point plan which he said he would implement if elected president in…
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Pastor accused of raping, impregnating girl,16
Police in Dowa have arrested a 55-year-old Evangelical Pentecostal Church pastor, Matias Paul, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old…
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Two arrested for possessing human bones
Police in Chikwawa have arrested two men for being found in possession of human bones suspected to be of a…
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Lunzu Market Project in second phase
Vendors at Lunzu Market will have to wait a little longer for the completion of construction of the…
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K75 million for UDF convention
The United Democratic Front (UDF) has revealed that its 2-day convention set to take place at Comesa Hall in…
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Lwangwa Primary alumni decorate best pupils
The best performing pupils at Lwangwa Primary School in Mangochi had an extraordinary end- of-term send-off when the school’s…
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Female cell space crisis hits Mulanje Prison
Space crisis for female inmates has hit Mulanje Prison as it is still registering an increase in the number…
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Police recover stolen electronics
Police in Lilongwe have recovered six plasma television (TV) sets from a suspected burglar who is believed to have…
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Aspirant attempts to register people in another district
As the second phase of voter registration is underway, a parliamentary aspirant was caught ferrying people from Ntchisi to…
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Businessperson murdered in Nkhata Bay
Police in Nkhata Bay have launched a man hunt for unidentified assailants who brutally killed a 47-year-old Nkhata Bay-based…
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Stray lion kills three cattle in Chitipa
A stray lion believed to have escaped from Lwangwa Wildlife Reserve in Zambia is feared to have killed three…
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Comsip sets aside K741m for community empowerment
The Community Savings and Investment Promotion (Comsip) Cooperative Union Limited says it plans to disburse up to K741 million to…
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Rights NGO for simplified manifestos for inmates
Centre for Human Rights Education and Assistance (Chreaa) has urged political parties to develop simple and clear manifestos for…
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