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Malawi urged to step up efforts to end maternal deaths

Oct 06, 2016 5

Health stakeholders in the country have spoken on the need for government to employ and train more midwives to reduce maternal mortality. Speaking in an interview, executive director for White Reborn Alliance, Nancy Kamwendo, said… ...

Malawian girls rescued from early marriages cry foul

Oct 06, 2016 46

About 30 girls who were rescued from early marriages by organizations in Mzimba district have threatened to go back to their husbands, saying they are now suffering since the organizations did not give them money… ...

Malawi Govt cools Kanyika residents tempers

Aug 01, 2016 16

People living within Kanyika mining site in Mzimba district, have been urged to exercise patience as government is fighting for their compensation from the mining company. Speaking when he visited the area, minister of energy… ...

Govt hailed for public works programme in Mzuzu

Feb 05, 2016 18

The Malawi Government has been applauded for enabling local authorities to facilitate successful Public Work Programmes (PWP) across Mzuzu city. The remarks were made by beneficiaries of the project's first phase who received their wages… ...

Plan B: Malawian teen commits suicide to escape school

Feb 05, 2016 63

A sombre mood has swallowed up Dumbulila village in Nkhatabay where a 15 year-old boy was found dead after hanging himself. According to a suicide note, the boy, Chrispine Mwale, said he wanted to escape… ...

Kamlepo warns Mutharika: ‘I will expose your secrets’

Feb 05, 2016 10

People's Party (PP) third vice president Kamlepo Kalua has promised Malawians that he will reveal all secrets of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government. He told Malawi24 on Thursday that he is working with some… ...

War within: PP pressure group wants Uladi out

Feb 05, 2016 78

A pressure group called People's Party Young Democrats has called for the head of the party’s acting president, Uladi Mussa. The group mostly comprises young people, and it is believed that members of the group… ...

Journalists donate to Mzuzu prison

Feb 05, 2016 0

Malawi Journalists under Nyika media club have donated about 500Kgs of maize flour to inmates at Mzuzu Prison as one way of easing problems of food shortage currently rocking the facility. In his comment following… ...

Admarc official in trouble

Feb 03, 2016 47

A community in Mzimba has complained that an officer working for Agriculture Development Marketing Cooperation (Admarc) at Mbalachanda depot in Mzimba demands bribes for them to buy fertilizer. The Admarc official has been identified as… ...

Patients denied treatment in Mzimba

Feb 03, 2016 13

Authorities at Manyamula Health Centre in Mzimba say that delay by the Electricity Supply Cooperation of Malawi (Escom) to repair a malfunctioning transformer which supplies power at the facility has greatly affected their operations. A… ...

NGO resurrects federalism calls

Feb 03, 2016 73

The Forum for the Advancement of Federalism and Rural Development (FAFRD) has resurrected calls for Malawi to adopt federalism. The renewed calls comes months after the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) weakened the federalists with a… ...

Residents chased from Mombera University site

Feb 03, 2016 57

The Malawi Government has relocated people who were living close to the proposed site for Mombera University in Mzimba. In a recent visit to the location, our reporter found that all the people who owned… ...

Malawi Hunger: Situation blamed on government’s negligence

Feb 03, 2016 64

The Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) has blamed Malawi government for its lack of commitment in motivating maize farmers, saying the lack of seriousness may prolong hunger in the country. Speaking in an interview with… ...

Joyce Banda is ‘brainless’ – PP supporters

Feb 02, 2016 109

Some supporters of Malawi's former ruling People’s Party (PP) became very angry on Sunday and called their once beloved leader madam Joyce Banda “brainless” for her decision to appoint Uladi Mussa as acting president of… ...

Rapist got 14 year-old girl pregnant

Feb 01, 2016 154

A worker at Malawi’s Kawalazi tea estate in Nkhatabay has been arrested after he was involved in a sexual relationship with a minor. The man identified as 20 year-old Andrew Bernard has been sleeping with… ...