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7 US Peace Corps volunteers sworn in
United States Peace Corps has sworn in seven nurses and doctors as volunteers who are expected to render their…
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NGO commissions K115m water plant
Water Mission Malawi has commissioned a K115 million solar powered treated water plant at Liwaladzi in Nkhotakota where 9…
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MDF soldier kills himself in DRC
A Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier identified as Moses Ngwira has died after shooting himself while at a peacekeeping mission…
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Nsanje ‘hyena’ appeal case next month
After spending almost a year and three months in prison, the infamous Nsanje ‘hyena’ Eric Aniva returns to court for…
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National IDs miss delivery target
Distribution of the national identity cards (IDs) to the first set of Malawians has missed deadline as the consignment is…
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Admarc taken to task over K4.4bn maize proceeds
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has demanded information from State produce trader Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) on…
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CDF under scrutiny
Members of Parliament (MPs) should relinquish control of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to ward councillors to focus on…
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Govt owes CMST K16.6 billion
The Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) says it is struggling to settle debts owed to suppliers due to a…
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Farmers advised to grow indigenous crops
Farmers from Zomba, Phalombe, Blantyre and Neno districts have been encouraged to continue growing indigenous crop varieties. The call…
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Parents challenged on inclusive education
The implementation of inclusive education and readmission of teenage mothers in public primary and secondary schools has boosted children’s…
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Man arrested for alleged patricide
Police in Ntcheu have arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly killing his father at Kanjati Village in Traditional Authority…
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Confusion over national registration in RU
People in Rumphi are said to be confusing the ongoing mass registration exercise with voter registration for 2019 Tripartite Elections.…
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Activists demand more on child rights
Rights defenders have faulted government for not making the most of local and international treaties to protect and promote…
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‘Malawi on track to end HIV and Aids’
World leaders, including President Peter Mutharika and five other African presidents, on Thursday demonstrated how the Fast Track approach…
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‘Fight against TB registering progress’
National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) manager Dr James Mpunga has said Malawi is on the right track in the…
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Malawians discuss peace ahead of 2019 polls
Malawians joined the global community on Thursday to commemorate the International Peace Day [September 21] with a call for political…
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Thrown out
Politicians and government officials in councils have conspired against the poor they are supposed to serve, working in cohort to…
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Fr Boucher, Mua Mission in triple celebrations
The community around Mua Catholic Mission in Dedza held a triple celebration on Saturday when they commemorated 115 years of…
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Big fraud that is LDF, CDF, DDF
LDF, CDF and DDF—Malawi’s major local development financing mechanisms for improving the poor’s livelihoods and giving them better services—are on…
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Councils rocked with accounting indiscipline
Various district councils are embroiled in cases of non-compliance of basic accounting systems and failure to follow orders from the…
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