....Hopes funds for debt will be used for vital medical efforts The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cancelled debt payments for six months for Malawi and 24 other poor countries due to the Coronavirus pandemic.… ...
Articles By Lindiwe Sambalikagwa
A study on security-related curfews shows that a Covid-19 lockdown would be respected in Malawi if instituted. The country has recorded 13 cases of the coronavirus and some restrictions have been imposed but a lockdown… ...
Minister of Information Mark Botomani says Malawi is lucky because the country’s Covid-19 patients have not needed ventilators, with the country having 20 ventilators. Botomani made the remarks in response to concerns by Vice President… ...
Vice President Saulos Chilima has urged President Peter Mutharika to operate from Lilongwe during the fight against Covid-19, saying the government is losing money because Mutharika is staying in Blantyre. Speaking at a press briefing… ...
The United States will evacuate its citizens from Malawi in the next two weeks, the US Embassy in Malawi has said. According to information posted on the US Embassy website today, a special flight carrying… ...
President Peter Mutharika says claims that members of his administration sell bones of persons with albinism are lies. The Malawi leader made the remarks in a national address monitored on MBC Radio One on Tuesday… ...
The Ministerial Committee on Coronavirus says registration for the 2020 presidential elections has been suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) started phase one of the registration exercise on Saturday in… ...
The Special Cabinet Committee on Coronavirus has refuted reports that members of the committee receive K300,000 each in allowances. The cabinet ministers held a press conference in Lilongwe on Monday where they brushed off the… ...
The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) has suspended Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal's ruling that ordered activist Charles Kajoloweka to pay K21 million for taking former Minister of Agriculture George Chaponda to… ...
President Peter Mutharika has urged all Malawians to pray to God in their homes on Thursday over the threat of coronavirus. In a statement today, Mutharika said it is a tradition in Malawi that when… ...
Minister of Disaster Management Affairs Affairs Everton Chimulirenji on Tuesday received a donation of medical protective kits from China. Chinese Ambassador to Malawi Liu Hongyang Tuesday handed over the kits Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe… ...
… Cross-border travel, international flights to be banned from Wednesday Government has advised people in the country to wash hands before entering minibuses. Minister of Transport Ralph Jooma said this in a statement outlining measures… ...
Malawi Airlines has suspended flights to South Africa due to the the national lockdown which begins tomorrow in the Rainbow nation over the coronavirus pandemic. The airline said in a statement that flights from Lilongwe… ...
The Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) has ordered 11 pharmacies that raised prices of medical supplies by up to 400 percent because of the threat of coronavirus to lower the prices. The Commission has… ...
Minister of Lands Housing and Urban Development Kamlepo Kalua has urged President Peter Mutharika to fire any cabinet minister found involved in corruption. Kalua made the remarks on Saturday in Blantyre after the newly appointed… ...