Month: June 2022 Posts

Over 9 million Malawians living on less than 2 dollars a day, WFP

Jun 07, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has found that half of Malawians are living on less than a dollar a day, a situation the organisation claims to have been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.… ...

A Chakwera sanauze Ukraine ndi Russia kuti azimenyana, atero a Mkaka

May 08, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Mlembi wamkulu wa chipani cha Malawi Congress Party (MCP), a Eisenhower Mkaka ati mavuto ena omwe anthu m'dziko muno akukumana nawo anayamba chifukwa cha nkhondo ya pakati pa Ukraine ndi Russia ndipo ndikulakwa kumanena kuti… ...

MERA maintains fuel prices

May 07, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has today maintained fuel prices at K1,380 per litre for Petrol, K1,470 for Diesel and K956 for Paraffin. According to MERA, in the month of April 2022, average Free on… ...

Zambian student arrested in Russia for twerking at war memorial

Apr 21, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 21-year-old Zambian student identified as Rebecca Ziba faces up to three years in prison in Russia after she was arrested for twerking at a war memorial. In a video clip which Ziba allegedly posted… ...

PIL assures Malawians of adequate fuel

Apr 21, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

By Raphael Likaka Petroleum Importers Limited (PIL) says shortage of forex and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war have greatly affected importation of fuel but the company has assured consumers that it is doing its best to… ...

Talking Blues: Only the dead have seen the end of war

Apr 03, 2022 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

Oblivious to Sun Tzu’s advice in The Art of War exhorting warriors that the supreme art of war means subduing the enemy without firing a single shot, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ill-advisedly invaded Ukraine on… ...

Talking Blues: Topsy turvy policies will be the end of us

Mar 21, 2022 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

”In the abundance of water, a fool is thirsty.” - Bob Marley, Rat Race, Rastaman Vibration album According to the OECD, Russia and Ukraine account for 30% of global wheat exports, more than a quarter… ...

US Secretary of State commends Malawi for calling for withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine

Mar 19, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera yesterday held talks with United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who commended Malawi’s clear calls for the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine. According to a statement by spokesman for the… ...

British man who travelled to Ukraine to fight against Russia flees back home, calling fight a ‘suicide mission’

Mar 18, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

As Malawians contemplate flying to Ukraine to fight against Russia for a $2000 (Over 2 million Malawi Kwacha) daily paycheque, a Briton who had joined the the fight has run back to his home country… ...

Malawians want to fight in Ukraine for $2000 per day pay

Mar 17, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Several Malawians are expressing interest to fight in Ukraine following a promise that international volunteers are getting $2000 (about K2.1 million) per day to fight in the Russian-Ukraine war. People's interest follows reports published by… ...

Ukraine-Russia war poses a threat to Malawi – Foreign Affairs Minister

Mar 14, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nancy Tembo, says the conflict between Ukraine and Russia poses a threat to Malawi’s economy as prices of goods will go up. According to Tembo, it is important for President Lazarus… ...

Talking Blues: On Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Malawi voted right

Mar 14, 2022 Mapwiya Muulupale 1 &

Aerial bombs have been dropped on Mariupol, Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24 [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP] No plan survives contact with the enemy is wisdom attributed to Field Marshal Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke… ...

African countries should intervene spiritually in Ukraine-Russia crisis, says Malawian prophet

Mar 13, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Prophet Frank Zebron of God's Will Church of All Nation has advised all African countries not to intervene physically in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, saying prayer is the only weapon which can… ...

Ukraine hiring militias to fight Russia: offers over 2 million Malawi Kwacha per day

Mar 10, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 5 &

Ukraine is offering $2,000 (K2.1 million) per day and citizenship to people from other countries to fight in its war against Russia. Volunteers will qualify for Ukrainian citizenship, first deputy interior minister Yevhen Yenin said… ...

Chelsea banned from signing new players

Mar 10, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Chelsea football club has been banned from signing new players and renewing contracts of their current players. The ban has been put in place following a decision by the British government to freeze all the asserts… ...