World News Posts

Museveni backs Trump on ‘shithole’ remarks

Jan 25, 2018 Bright Malenga 15 &

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says United States President Donald Trump spoke frankly when described African nations as "shithole countries. According to Museveni, Africans are weak and Trump told African countries the truth. "Donald Trump speaks… ...

Hugh Masekela has died

Jan 23, 2018 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 36 &

Legendary musician and jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela has died after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 78. https://twitter.com/hughmasekela/status/955713727088775168 In a statement, his family said he had "passed peacefully" in Johannesburg "after a protracted… ...

World leaders condemn Trump’s description of African countries

Jan 13, 2018 Lyonike Mughogho 73 &

United States of America (USA) president Donald Trump has come under fire for his vulgar description of African countries as well as El Salvador and Haiti. The outspoken leader called the countries in question shitholes… ...

Philippe Coutinho: Liverpool confirms £142m sale

Jan 07, 2018 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 22 &

FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC have reached an agreement for the transfer of Philippe Coutinho in a £142m (MK702 billion) deal, one of the most expensive transfers of all time. The transfer fee is more than… ...

Rwandans in Malawi snub repatriation call

Jan 03, 2018 Luke Bisani 54 &

Rwandans living in Malawi are reported to be snubbing a call to go back to their home country following an announcement to have all Rwandan refugees return home. Reports reveal that 400 Rwandan refugees have… ...

No, it’s not just you! WhatsApp crashes

Dec 31, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 32 &

WhatsApp has crashed reportedly having been overwhelmed by 2018  New Year's best wishes messages. With the outage, the hashtag #whatsappdown is now trending on Twitter. WhatApp users in the Malawi took to social media to… ...

Liberian: ‘Who the Presidency fits, George WEAHS it’

Dec 28, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 24 &

Former footballer George Weah has defeated Joseph Boakai having secured over 60% of the votes to win Liberia's presidential race. With 98.1% of the run-off vote counted, Liberia's National Elections Commission (NEC) said on Thursday… ...

Warning: WhatsApp will STOP working on these phones, are YOU affected?

Dec 26, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 67 &

WhatsApp, the world's popular instant messaging app, will stop working for a number of users at the end of this week, the company has confirmed. The hugely-successful Facebook owned messenger app will drop support for BlackBerry… ...

Malawi National IDs: Great milestone with transformative promise

Dec 06, 2017 Brian Ligomeka 53 &

Transformative milestone. Fulfilled promise. Landmark development. A guarantor of our citizenship. This is how various stakeholders have described the just-ended mass registration exercise and the issuance of bio-metric national identity cards. After a long wait… ...

Vote Now: 2019 Malawi Election Opinion Poll

Dec 04, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 931 &

[poll id="2"] You can alternatively vote on our Facebook Page: or Twitter https://twitter.com/Malawi24/status/937769572911820800 Thank you for your participation. ...

WhatsApp Restored

Nov 30, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

WhatsApp stopped working in what appears to be a mystery outage. The Facebook-owned instant messaging app was not sending or receiving messages. The independent website Down Detector detected a huge spike of outages across the… ...

Zimbabwe: Mugabe gets national holiday honor

Nov 27, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 87 &

Zimbabwe has honored former president Robert Mugabe by declaring his birthday, 21 February, a public holiday nearly a week after being ousted from power in a forced resignation. "It is hereby declared that February 21… ...

Nyasatimes editor arrested in UK for rape

Nov 26, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 115 &

As the world is promoting action against gender based violence, Nyasatimes editor and founding member has been arrested in the UK for rape. Information that Malawi24 has indicates that Thom Chiumia was arrested after forcing… ...

Mutharika shuns Mnangagwa inauguration

Nov 24, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 200 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika was among the SADC leaders that snubbed Zimbabwe new President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration. Mnangagwa was inaugurated today after replacing veteran president Robert Mugabe who ruled Zimbabwe for over 37 years. At… ...

Africa must stop being a ‘beggar of the world’ – Ghana’s president

Nov 24, 2017 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 51 &

President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has said Africa should move beyond Western aid handouts which he said have failed to bring growth and prosperity to the continent. Instead, he has advised countries in Africa to… ...