Month: March 2022 Posts

UN commends Malawi for ensuring peace and security

Mar 24, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

United Nations Resident Coordinator, Shigeki Komatsubara has commended Malawi Government  for making sure that there is peace and security in the country which is enabling citizens of this nation and refugees to live peacefully. Komatsubara… ...

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… ...

Malawi facing hiccups in processing cotton seed

Mar 09, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

A study has shown that Malawi is facing challenges in processing cotton seed to make products like cotton seed oil and because of this, the seed is being exported to South Africa for processing. This… ...

Minister of National Unity asks for support on Peace and Unity Bill

Mar 03, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Minister of National Unity Timothy Mtambo has asked Members of Parliament to support the Peace and Unity Bill which the minister will present in Parliament during the current sitting. Mtambo made the statement on Wednesday… ...

UN says wildlife crime in Malawi needs to be fully addressed

Feb 19, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator Malawi Rudolf Schwenk says the increased trends in poaching of animals such as elephants and pangolins in Malawi is very worrying and if left unaddressed, wildlife trafficking will continue to… ...

UNHCR calls on governments to resolve plight of stateless people

Nov 04, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said more action is needed to resolve the plight of millions around the world who are still without citizenship. UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi… ...

WHO approves malaria vaccine

Oct 07, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that the world’s first malaria vaccine should be widely given to children across Africa. The approval has been described as a major advance against malaria which kills hundreds… ...