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MACRA threatens to shut down 10 radio stations

Jul 20, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has warned that it will revoke licences of 10 radio stations including MIJ FM by 17 October this year for failing to comply with relevant licene conditions, including failure to… ...

MACRA revokes Rainbow TV’s licence

Jun 10, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has revoked the television licence for Rainbow Television, a privately owned media house which airs programmes critical of the Lazarus Chakwera administration. MACRA has said in a statement that the… ...

Media encouraged to report more on adult education

Jun 06, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Vhs DVV international organization has expressed hope that media reporting on adult education in Malawi will continue to increase and evolve. The organization’s Regional Director for Southern Africa David Harrington made the statement during the… ...

Israeli forces kill Al Jazeera journalist

May 13, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Israeli Forces on Wednesday shot dead Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, while she was covering an Israeli raid on the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Akleh, a Palestinian and a… ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa to open DW Global Media Forum 2022

May 12, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Philippine journalist and winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Maria Ressa is set to open DW's Global Media Forum (GMF) in Bonn, Germany on June 20 with the keynote speech, "What are you willing… ...

Chakwera should not take Malawi back to one-party era, says Nankhumwa

May 04, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa says President Lazarus Chakwera and his Government should avoid taking Malawians back to the one party era where Journalists were arrested for reporting the truth. Nankhumwa released a statement yesterday,… ...

Chakwera commits to defend press freedom

May 03, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera this morning hosted journalists at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day. The President together with the First Lady Madam Monica Chakwera had a breakfast treat… ...