Politics Posts

MESN calls for speedy appointment of MEC commissioners

May 25, 2016 Luke Bisani 5 &

The Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has expressed 'serious' concerns over delay to appoint new commissioners for Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). In a statement signed by MESN board chairperson Stevie Duwa, the organisation is worried… ...

Mutharika to renovate Mzuzu airport

May 25, 2016 Justin Mkweu 232 &

President Peter Mutharika has promised northerners and Malawians at large that his government will renovate and maintain Mzuzu airport. Mutharika said this at the official opening of the Reserve Bank of Malawi Mzuzu branch at… ...

Radio station to be closed down for attacking Mutharika

May 25, 2016 Aubrey Makina 457 &

A Lilongwe based radio station, Pentecostal Life FM, risks being shut down or suspended for making what are termed as disparaging remarks against the country's leadership. Information which Malawi24 has indicates that the Malawi Communications… ...

Shocking! Thugs chop off albino arms and legs

May 25, 2016 Paul Nthala 200 &

Despite efforts by the government, humanitarian organizations and religious groupings in condemning the attacks on people living with albinism, an albino has been found mercilessly slain in Ntcheu district this morning. Police say the killed… ...

PP blasts sleeping MPs

May 25, 2016 Luke Bisani 25 &

The opposition People’s Party (PP) has blasted Members of Parliament (MPs) for sleeping during President Peter Mutharika’s State of the Nation Address. On Friday, some legislators were caught on camera slumbering as President Mutharika was… ...

TZ takes over search for bodies of Malawians

May 25, 2016 Luke Bisani 83 &

The Tanzanian government has sent fifteen divers to search for the bodies of twelve Malawians who died when a boat sank on Lake Malawi in the early hours of Saturday. Speaking at the official welcoming… ...

Breaking: Ex deputy ambassador to Ethiopia arrested

May 24, 2016 Paul Nthala 50 &

Reports reaching Malawi24 indicate that Malawi’s former Deputy Ambassador to Ethiopia Doreen Kapanga has been arrested. Kapanga who was Deputy Police Inspector General before being sent to the Malawi embassy in Ethiopia has been arrested… ...