MBC slowly opening up to opposing views
Following President Joyce Banda’s calls to open the airwaves of State broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), the station’s Radio One […]
HACRI Ltd in blood cancer treatment fundraiser
Participants in the Health and Civic Research Initiative Ltd (HACRI Ltd) Big Walk for Cancer raised their heart rates to […]
African farmers’ livelihoods at risk
Representatives of hundreds of thousands of African tobacco farmers will gather at the International Tobacco Growers Association Africa Regional Meeting […]
In Malawi if you’re diagnosed with cancer, you die
Being one of the 24 countries with no radiotherapy machine with a limited access to medications, Malawi’s health care system […]
Malawi to receive US$40 million boost from Agro-fund
Malawi is to receive about US$39.6 million grant from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (Gafsp) to help the […]
Injunctions bill ‘No More’
The journey to repelling laws that sparked the deadly demonstrations of July last year began on Thursday with the reversal […]
DPP to petition speaker over Section 65
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is today expected to petition the Speaker of the National Assembly Henry Chimunthu Banda to […]
Malawi reverts to the Old Flag
Malawi parliament has today voted to revert to using the old flag in a move that was widely expected. The […]
Gay rights worsen in Africa: Amnesty
Discrimination against gay and gender-diverse people has “worsened” in Africa due to homophobic laws and escalating persecution, Amnesty International has […]
Why Africa needs women power
Malawi’s new president Joyce Banda is really shaking things up. She announced that she will work to overturn Malawi’s law […]
Taifa Stars, Malawi in goalless draw
Taifa Stars yesterday played to a goalless draw against a well drilled Malawi side in an international friendly at the […]
United Nations asks US to return stolen land to Indian tribes
“A United Nations investigator probing discrimination against Native Americans has called on the US government to return some of the […]
President Obama needs to make a call against genocide
“President Obama has a special envoy to Darfur. He has a senior national security adviser who authored a Pulitzer Prize-winning […]
Progressives Spreading Liberty in Malawi
Malawi has come a Lilongwe in a short time. Last month, longtime autocrat Bingu wa Mutharika died at the ripe […]
Homosexual people in Malawi can breathe more easily but there’s precious little good news elsewhere in Africa
Malawi has come a long way in just two year. In 2010 two men celebrating their engagement were given 14-year […]
Malawians left counting rising cost of living after devaluation
A sizeable devaluation of Malawi’s currency, aimed at reinvigorating the economy and wooing back international donors, has triggered steep increases […]
George Chaponda replaced as DPP’s leader of the house, young Mutharika takes over
Former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has appointed party interim President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika to be in charge of […]
Chimunthu Banda accused of blocking the opposition in Parliament
Goodall Gondwe, the Vice President of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Thursday accused Speaker of the National Assembly Henry Chimunthu […]
Mulli sponsored govt in July 20 massacre – Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC)
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has named late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s close ally, businessman Leston Mulli, as having sponsored […]
Bank of England to help Malawi’s economic recovery
The Bank of England is expected to dispatch one of its economic experts to Malawi to help the country deal […]
DPP fires Ntaba as spokesman
The former ruling DPP has replaced its publicity secretary Hetherwick Ntaba with Nicholas Dausi, the party’s Secretary General Wakuda Kamanga […]