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Maize prices continue to stabilise—Fewsnet
A food security outlook report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) has established that average maize prices continue…
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Mutharika launches Poppy Day
President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday inaugurated this year’s Poppy Day at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe and bought a Poppy flower…
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Transglobe vacates stay on Fisp
The High Court in Blantyre yesterday allowed the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) to proceed after Transglobe Export Limited offered…
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Area 25 women sentenced to 6 years imprisonment
The Lilongwe Magistrate’s Court has sentenced the three women who abducted and assaulted a fellow woman to six years imprisonment…
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18 soldiers die in accident, First Couple condoles families
The First Couple has condoled families of the 18 Malawi Defence Force (MDF) trainees and officers who died in a…
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Water Aid equips hospital with sanitation facilities
Water Aid, a non-governmental organisation that promotes water, sanitation and health (Wash), has handed over sanitation facilities to the…
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Lawyer wants suspected smugglers to sell confiscated maize
Lawyer for traders whose trucks were impounded while hauling maize in the border districts of Karonga and Chitipa says…
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ELCM establishes K50m information centre
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Malawi (ELCM) with financial support from its sister church in the United States of America,…
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Health workers to discuss innovations
frican Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (Aripo) director general Fernando Dos Santos has said the three-day health sector meeting Lilongwe…
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Court grants bail to Macra official
The Blantyre Magistrate’s Court yesterday granted bail to procurement officer Of the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra), Iton Chandiyang’ana,…
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PAC meets Speaker ahead of Parliament meet
The Public Affairs Committee (PAC) yesterday engaged Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya ahead of the November meeting of Parliament,…
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NFRA justifies maize price
The National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) has justified its decision to buy maize at below government set minimum, saying…
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Ministry to close school for operating in a mosque
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has warned that it will close Mdikira Junior Primary School in Machinga for…
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Government to sustain business reforms
With Malawi ranked as the third topmost reformer in Africa on the ease of doing business, Minister of Agriculture,…
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Will Matemba redeem ACB?
President Peter Mutharika’s appointment of Reyneck Matemba as Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general could be an opportunity to reshape…
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K20bn ‘Bankgate’ suspect reapplies for bail
A Pakistani national accused of defrauding local banks over K20 billion through loan facilities the company he worked for…
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Environmental mismanagement strains power supply
Environmental negligence in Lake Malawi’s tributaries remains one of the key factors affecting the hydroelectric power supply as water…
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Zomba chiefs hail police for enhancing security
Chiefs in Zomba have commended police for ensuring that peace and order is restored in areas affected by blood…
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Catholics open school in Chitipa
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of Karonga Diocese on Monday opened St Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School at Nthalire in Chitipa.…
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Matemba appointed ACB director
President Peter Mutharika has appointed Reyneck Matemba as the new Director General of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) subject to confirmation by…
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