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NRB starts national continuous registration exercise

Jan 08, 2018 13

The National Registration Bureau (NRB) is from this month continuing the registration exercise which came to a halt two months ago. By November 2017, over 9 million Malawians were said to have registered for the… ...

Malawi homosexuality: Two men arrested in Machinga

Dec 16, 2017 60

At a time when there has been silence on the debate on whether Malawi should legalise homosexuality or not, two men have been arrested for having sex. The incident has occurred in Machinga district. Police… ...

Chakwera speaks out: DPP not a listening party

Dec 16, 2017 97

Opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera has problems with the way the Peter Mutharika led administration is handling contentious issues in Malawi saying Mutharika shows he is not a President that can listen to critics. This is… ...

PP/DPP alliance defeats 50+1

Dec 15, 2017 151

As reports that ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) intends to merge with People's Party (PP) are rife, lawmakers of the former ruling party joined DPP Members of Parliament (MPs) in shooting down the electoral reforms… ...

Chaponda not away in sight for DPP: Struggles to elections rage on

Dec 11, 2017 20

When the President Peter Mutharika fired George Chaponda as Agriculture Minister in February this year, everyone was compelled to think even the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) felt as bad as Malawians did in the maizegate… ...

Malawi debt hits K2.5 trillion

Dec 06, 2017 70

The Malawi government has up to K2.5 trillion public debt to settle, at a time the nation is sailing through troubled waters. However Finance Minister in his speech in Parliament on Tuesday was upbeat the… ...

Thyolo, Mulanje declares ‘war’ on Malawi

Nov 17, 2017 107

...Wandale questions why his madness concerns another state The 'sketchy' secession of Thyolo and Mulanje districts from mainland Malawi continues to take mind blowing twists. The latest development is that the two districts which operate… ...