National News

New York Same-Sex Marriage Vote Not Expected Today

The big vote on legalizing same-sex marriage in New York could still come in the state senate today — the […]

Tunisian Dictator and Wife Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

The first of what is likely to be several verdicts in the case of exiled Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben […]

Globe Metals & Mining delegation reaffirm commitment to niobium project in Malawi

Globe Metals & Mining (ASX: GBE) sent a formal delegation to Malawi in early June to introduce partner ECE to […]

Trafigula Group takes over BP Malawi

British Petroleum (BP) Malawi has become part of a US$296 million acquisition of Trafigula Group’s PUMA Energy that bought BP […]

IMF casts doubt on Malawi growth forecasts

LILONGWE, June 20 (Reuters) – Malawi government’s economic growth forecasts of 6.9 percent for this year and 6.6 percent for next […]

Nawena hits at DPP for ‘stalking’ dissent

Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Thyolo Thava MP Lifred Nawena has indicated that the governing party is harassing its […]

Malawian beaten to death outside pub

Johannesburg – Two men were arrested on Monday for allegedly beating to death a Malawian man outside a pub in […]

Village Hands Join to Save Forest for Juice

By Charles Mpaka   The Zalewa forest in the southern Malawi district of Neno, like other wooded areas within reasonable […]

Village Hands Join to Save Forest for Juice

By Charles Mpaka? NENO DISTRICT, Malawi?, Jun 10, 2011 (IPS) – Seventy kilometres outside Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre, a profitable […]

Putting Donors Out of Work

Submitted by Shanthi Kalathil This post on development vs aid effectiveness got me thinking a bit about the concept of […]