Month: October 2021 Posts

Chakwera in Glasgow to attend climate change conference

Oct 31, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President of the Republic of Malawi, Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, is in Glasgow for the COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, hosted by the United Kingdom (UK) in partnership with Italy. Upon arrival last… ...

Youths in Malawi demand rich countries to deliver US$100 billion climate pledge

Oct 23, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Young people marched in Lilongwe on Friday in Lilongwe demanding rich countries to deliver on their US$100 billion pledge and end climate induced poverty. President of Association for Environmental Journalists Mathews Malata whose organisations organised… ...

Organization pleads with UK to reverse aid cut decision

Oct 12, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

One of Malawi's Civil Society Organizations, People's Federation for National Peace and Development (PEFENAP), has pleaded with the United Kingdom (UK) Government to reverse its decision of cutting aid to Malawi. According to Foreign Commonwealth… ...

Malawi removed from UK red list

Oct 08, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The United Kingdom has removed Malawi from its COVID-19 red list, which means travelers from Malawi will no longer be required to enter hotel quarantine but those who got vaccinated in Malawi will still be… ...

Malawi truck drivers demand $160 a month

Sep 30, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawian truck drivers have asked government to back their demand for a K140,000 as the UK runs out of truck drivers. Both countries are fighting a fuel crisis. In Malawi, the crisis has been caused… ...

Tonse troubles: UK cuts Malawi aid by half

Sep 29, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The United Kingdom (UK) has reduced by over half the amount of aid which it provides to Malawi. UK gives Malawi £52 million (about K57 billion) per annum but the amount has now been cut… ...

UK ambassador told to shut up

Sep 24, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Social commentators have lambasted the UK High Commissioner to Malawi for UK's discriminatory treatment of its former colony. The UK lists Malawi among Covid-19 red list countries despite Malawi having a low positivity rate and… ...