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Lecturers demand firing of Unilia top managers

Mar 09, 2017 Bright Malenga 1 &

Lectures at the University of Livingstonia (Unilia) Laws campus have petitioned the Livingstonia Synod to fire three top bosses at the university for failing to take care of lecturers’ welfare and to govern the university… ...

No malaria drugs in Malawi’s hospitals

Mar 09, 2017 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Despite the fact that Malaria accounts for 6.81% of deaths in Malawi, public hospitals have run out of drugs that treat the disease. '' Officials in the hospitals are supposed to render account for every… ...

Government not serious about fighting corruption – analyst

Mar 09, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 4 &

A political scientist in the country says the reinstatement of Foster Mulumbe as Admarc chief executive officer shows that government is not serious about fighting corruption. Mulumbe was suspended in December after being suspected of… ...

Thailand seizes Malawian ivory

Mar 09, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

Thailand on Tuesday seized more than 300 kilogrammes of ivory originating from Malawi which was discovered on two Ethiopian Airline flights from Addis Ababa to Thailand’s capital Bangkok. According to the Bangkok Post Online Newspaper,… ...

Public toilets in Lilongwe overwhelmed – Lilongwe council

Mar 09, 2017 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Lilongwe City Council has admitted that public toilets in the city have been overwhelmed because of population growth. The council built a number of public toilets within the city and with the city’s population… ...

Phalombe youths have nothing to do, so they are resorting to immorality

Mar 09, 2017 Grecium Gama 0 &

Youths in Phalombe on Monday raised concerns over unavailability of a community youth centre, claiming it is one of the things fuelling their engagement in immoral behaviour. One of the youths Choice Maliwata said most… ...

Chiwamba hails women in male dominated fields

Mar 09, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

Malawi’s top poet Robert Chiwamba has hailed women who are in traditionally male dominated fields in a new poem titled “Ngwazi zazikazi” that has been released as a theme poem for this year’s commemoration of… ...

Cancer centre will bring hope to Malawians – Mutharika

Mar 08, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Peter Mutharika says the National Cancer Centre Malawi has begun constructing will bring hope to cancer patients in the country. Mutharika was speaking on Wednesday when he presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the… ...

Malawi, Ethiopia hold bilateral talks

Mar 08, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 0 &

Malawi and Ethiopia held bilateral talks on Monday and Tuesday in order to strengthen the relationship between the countries and discuss issues that will help their economies. Among other issues, the two countries discussed long-term… ...

Britain celebrates strong, historic ties with Malawi

Mar 08, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

As a way of celebrating strong and historic ties between Malawi and United Kingdom (UK), Sophie Countess of Wessex, will visit the country from 13th to 16th March during the occasion of Commonwealth Week. While… ...

LWB’s 2.8 billion profit is unreasonable – commentator

Mar 08, 2017 Luke Bisani 1 &

A local social commentator has described the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) annual profit of K2.8 billion as unreasonable. LWB disclosed to have made K2.8 billion despite failing to provide enough water to residents. According to… ...

Malawi unemployment: Malawians find gold in Dubai

Mar 08, 2017 Bright Malenga 4 &

As Malawians are finding it hard to secure jobs in the country, young people are migrating to Dubai in United Arab Emirates to look for greener pastures. Although some of the Malawians who have been… ...

Uladi Mussa released on bail

Mar 07, 2017 Luke Bisani 5 &

The Lilongwe magistrate court has granted bail to opposition People’s Party (PP) acting president Uladi Mussa who is being accused of fraudulently issuing citizenship to foreign nationals. Earlier Mussa denied charges of neglecting official duty… ...

Vincent Murekezi to appeal five-year jail term

Mar 07, 2017 Luke Bisani 1 &

Convicted Rwandan national Vincent Murekezi has said he will appeal against his five-year sentence for corruption. A magistrate court in Malawi's capital Lilongwe sentenced Murekezi to five years imprisonment for corruption. Murekezi's lawyer Wapona Kita… ...

Malawi should research for pest resistant maize – Cisanet

Mar 07, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 0 &

Civil Society Agriculture Network (Cisanet) has called on government to invest in research for resistant varieties of maize in order to deal with armyworms which have destroyed maize in parts of the country. This is… ...