Malawi News: Politics, Elections, and Government Updates

Malawi Government remains coy on hunger reports

Jan 18, 2016 Geoffrey Banda 92 &

The Malawi government through Ministry of Information, Tourism and Civic Education has downplayed media reports that a man died of hunger in Mzimba district, at a time when verified reports indicate that hunger is already… ...

Global Health Corps recruiting young Malawians for a US exchange programme

Jan 18, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 14 &

Global Health Corps (GHC) plans to recruit youthful Malawians to work with different local and international health oriented organisations in a bid to promote good health. GHC, a unity of leaders guided by the… ...

Street vending giving Lilongwe City Council headaches

Jan 18, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 31 &

Mayor of Malawi capital, Lilongwe Council Willie Mayor Chapondera has said that the council is seeking a lasting solution to the problem of street vending in the city. He said street vending has for a… ...

Government faulted for snubbing local experts’ advice

Jan 18, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 3 &

One of Malawi’s economic commentators, Nelson Mkandawire, has expressed concern over the failure of government to take heed of advice from the country’s economic experts. Mkandawire was commenting on the closure of 20 People's Trading… ...

Malawians loitering in SA

Jan 18, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 394 &

Huge numbers of desperate Malawians have been seen idling around Lindela Repatriation Centre in South Africa after being released from the centre. Malawi24 understands that the South African Government has stopped deporting Malawians saying that… ...

Population growth affecting health services in Mzimba

Jan 18, 2016 Thula Chisamba 28 &

Fresh findings by this publication indicate that increase in population is affecting health service delivery in Malawi’s northern region district of Mzimba. During a recent visit to Mzimba, our Reporter found that people were overcrowding… ...

Tony Ngalande quits PP

Jan 18, 2016 Luke Bisani 62 &

A few days after People’s Party (PP) deputy publicist Moses Kunkuyu left the party, one of the party's senior members Tony Ngalande has disclosed that he has also dumped Malawi’s former ruling party. Ngalande announced… ...