Cyclone Freddy Archives

Police recover bags of maize allegedly stolen by DPP councillor

Mar 28, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Liwonde Police have recovered 524 bags of relief Maize which Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Councillor Alexander Cosmas allegedly stole. The bags of maize which were 588 in total were meant for survivors of Tropical Cyclone… ...

Talking Blues: The folly of treating the symptoms but not the disease

Mar 27, 2023 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

“The conditions of Malawi, the poorest country in English-speaking Africa, have been gradually worsening over the last 40 years. This is in part due to global climate change, but also to too much Aid, which… ...

Government told to fast track disaster risk management bill

Mar 27, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Following the devastating effects of Cylone Freddy which has claimed lives of people in the country as well as damaged infrastructure, Civil Society Network on Climate Change (Cisonecc) has asked the Government of Malawi to… ...

Zomba Diocese Catholic Women Organization donates to Cyclone Freddy survivors

Mar 26, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Catholic Women Organisation (CWO) in the Zomba Diocese has donated assorted relief items to internally displaced people currently camping at Sekwere Primary School at Traditional Authority Mwambo in Zomba. The donated items included maize flour,… ...

Grand Palace donates clothes to Cyclone Freddy survivors

Mar 26, 2023 Macmillan Mhone 0 &

As one way of responding to the call of assistance to Cyclone Freddy victims in 15 southern region districts, Grand Palace Hotel in Mzuzu has donated four bales of children and women’s clothes worth 1.4… ...

Malawi to introduce Cyclone Freddy levy

Mar 26, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Minister of Finance Sosten Gwengwe says government will introduce Cyclone Freddy levy to finance reconstruction following the devastating impact of the cyclone in the southern region. Gwengwe, said this yesterday when the Japanese Government was… ...

Communities in Nsanje request for relocation

Mar 26, 2023 Contributor* 0 &

People from disaster prone area of Group Village Head (GVH) Mpomba, Traditional Authority (T/A) Malemia in Nsanje, who had been reluctant to relocate to safer places, have now called on government to have them relocated. The… ...