World News Posts

Facebook launches reaction feature: Love stands out as popular

Feb 25, 2016 Mike J. Kangwele 19 &

...WSJ warn: use caution on the new features Facebook’s 'Reactions' feature offering 5 new options alongside the usual 'Like' button has been launched worldwide including Malawi, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO for the company has said. In announcing… ...

Breaking: Malawi Police arrest Kabwila and Chakhwantha for treason

Feb 22, 2016 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 1,757 &

Reports reaching Malawi24 news desk indicate that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson, Jessie Kabwila, and MCP's Legal Adviser, Peter Louis Chakhwantha have finally been nabbed. Reports indicate that Kabwila was arrested at Germany Embassy where… ...

Cochrane-Dyet now British High Commissioner to Zambia

Feb 18, 2016 Aubrey Makina 25 &

Former British diplomat to Malawi Fergus Cochrane-Dyet has been appointed High Commissioner to  Zambia. Cochrane-Dyet was expelled from Malawi in 2011 following a leaked diplomatic telegram in which he referred to Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika as… ...

Bushiri for President!

Feb 18, 2016 Aubrey Makina 1,282 &

...Malawians urge Prophet to challenge Mutharika A cross section of people in Malawi have urged South African based Malawian controversial prophet Shepherd Bushiri to consider standing for Presidency. The remarks have come following Bushiri's distribution… ...

Malawi govt. lies about K63b UK aid

Feb 17, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 73 &

…UK continues to ignore channelling aid through government accounts over cashgate fears Government lied to Malawians on the amount of money the United Kingdom donated to the country on Tuesday as assistance for hunger victims, Malawi24 can… ...

Pope Francis knocked, rescued by his bodyguards

Feb 17, 2016 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 247 &

Pope Francis lost his temper and shouted at a crowd that almost knocked him to the ground as the Pontiff struggled to keep his feet on the ground. The video making rounds online shows the… ...

Malawi gay rights activists want gay man Gonani arrested

Feb 14, 2016 Macmillan Mhone 211 &

As Malawi24 first reported that Kevin Gonani was beaten by fellow members of the gay community for turning his 9 year old nephew into a sex slave and offering him for prostitution to other gay men,… ...

Third Eye raps Goodall

Feb 12, 2016 Richard Jimu 119 &

Rapper cum activist Third Eye has hit out at Malawi Finance Minister, Goodall Gondwe, for embarrassing the country over a recent donation by Egypt intended to help curb the maize crisis. The hip hop artist… ...

Malawi to ‘arrest’ US Ambassador: Virginia Palmer could face treason charges

Feb 11, 2016 Mike J. Kangwele 533 &

...Chakwera, Joyce Banda also facing arrest Malawi and the United States could be on diplomatic crisis if the claims by senior Malawi government officials that the Peter Mutharika administration is looking into the allegations against… ...

US comments on Mutharika coup

Feb 10, 2016 Macmillan Mhone 104 &

The United States Embassy has responded to accusations going around that the United States government is conniving with Malawi Congress Party and its leader Lazarus Chakwera to oust President Peter Mutharika. In an interview with… ...

Mutharika is losing power to Chakwera – activist warns

Feb 09, 2016 Aubrey Makina 237 &

The Malawi leader Peter Mutharika is facing an inside rebellion from within government, an activist has warned. In a Facebook post activist Ben Chiza Mkandawire has said that the government of Peter Mutharika was slowly… ...

Malawi’s doctor-to-patient ratio shocks the world! UK contributing to the mess

Feb 09, 2016 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 47 &

ActionAid International has revealed that there are only 300 doctors currently working in the whole of Malawi, a country of about 18 million people. According to the organisation, the United Kingdom (UK) has helped to worsening… ...

Breaking: Man heavily beaten for ‘being gay’

Feb 08, 2016 Aubrey Makina 1,827 &

Activist Billy Mayaya claims a man in Malawi's capital Lilongwe has been beaten to near death for being gay. In a night post on his Facebook account, Mayaya claims the man was beaten for being… ...

Robert Chiwamba taken to task over Takana Mathanyula

Feb 02, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 448 &

Robert Chiwamba needs no introduction. He is one of the several performers parading themselves as poets. But this article is not about the art. Days ago he released his latest ‘poem’ which is titled ‘Takana… ...

Mugabe dresses down the UN

Jan 31, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 182 &

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has spat venom at the United Nations (UN) for sidelining Africa in decision making roles. Speaking during the opening of the 26th summit of African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa in… ...