Convicted wildlife trafficker walks free days after bail rejected — as top...
A convicted Chinese wildlife trafficker has sensationally walked free from a Malawian prison, just days after the High Court flatly rejected his bail application and ordered he remain behind bars —...
View ArticleActionAid Malawi launches project to open up mining sector for excluded youth
Malawi is sitting on vast mineral wealth, yet its largest population — the youth — remains on the margins of the mining sector, trapped between lack of capital, lack of information and exploitation....
View ArticleBuck stops here: Malawi puts $1,000 limit on cash in your pocket
Malawians and visitors alike are facing a dramatic new crackdown on cash, after the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) slapped sweeping restrictions on the physical possession and movement of foreign...
View ArticleNamiwa’s freedom hangs by a thread as judge reserves ruling on explosive bid...
Human rights campaigner Sylvester Namiwa is facing an agonising wait to discover whether he will be stripped of his freedom and hauled back into custody, after High Court Judge Mzondi Mvula reserved...
View ArticleMalawi’s medicine time bomb: Hospitals face catastrophic drug shortage as...
Malawi’s public hospitals are teetering on the brink of a full-blown medicine crisis, campaigners have dramatically warned, after it emerged the country’s Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) is failing...
View ArticleCement Gate tycoon Chunara at centre of new land grab storm
A controversial tycoon once linked to a scandal-hit duty-free cement deal is facing fresh accusations of muscling in on land rightfully belonging to ordinary Malawians — sparking fury among villagers...
View ArticleMPs push to bring Chichewa into the House as Parliament grills top officials...
Malawi’s Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs has descended on the Office of the Clerk of Parliament, grilling top officials over a bold proposal that could see Chichewa and other local languages...
View ArticleChisale walks free as K5bn asset case is thrown out by Supreme Court of Malawi
Presidential bodyguard-turned-Deputy Minister Norman Chisale MP, has scored a dramatic legal victory after the Supreme Court of Appeal discontinued the long-running K5 billion asset case that had hung...
View Article‘Give us freedom from fear’: Malawi MPs demand financial independence
Malawi’s MPs have launched a fierce push for financial freedom from the Executive, demanding both complete autonomy over Parliament’s purse strings and a dramatic hike in its share of the national...
View ArticleNational Bank of Malawi sponsors LUANAR Alumni Connect with K4m donation
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has thrown its financial weight behind a major reunion for one of the country’s most respected universities, pledging a K4 million sponsorship to support the upcoming...
View ArticleEx-Army chief turns on Police boss Luhanga to face crash probe — While...
Malawi’s former military commander has thrown a fresh curveball into the parliamentary inquiry investigating the Chikangawa plane crash, demanding that police chief Richard Luhanga be dragged before...
View ArticleAnsah takes aim at prejudice: ‘No one should be denied a chance’
Malawi Vice-President Jane Ansah has delivered a powerful rallying cry to people with short stature and albinism — urging them to smash through prejudice, chase their dreams and refuse to be defined by...
View ArticleFrom kidney failure to crusader: Maliro launches Foundation to save lives
A Malawian man who discovered, in the most terrifying way possible, that he’d been born with only one kidney has turned his brush with death into a mission to protect thousands of others from suffering...
View ArticleZambian cops storm Malawi to recover 20 stolen cows
A dramatic cross-border operation saw Zambian police storm into Malawi last week, hunting down a gang accused of rustling 20 cattle from a farmer’s kraal — in a heist that left the victim counting...
View ArticleCasino Marina: Lilongwe’s glitzy gaming den ‘set to shut its doors’, 30 jobs...
Malawi’s glamorous Casino Marina, nestled inside the five-star Golden Peacock Hotel in Lilongwe, is reportedly set to close its doors for good this Friday — putting around 30 jobs on the line, Nyasa...
View ArticleHorror as FDH bank worker, 31, found dead in pool of blood in her own car —...
A murder investigation has been launched in Dowa after a 31-year-old bank employee was found dead in a blood-soaked vehicle abandoned along the Dzaleka–Dowa Boma road, in a discovery that has left the...
View ArticleMalawi Queens seal World Cup berth with 60-goal rout of Nigeria
Malawi’s netball team, the Queens, have secured their place at the 2027 Netball World Cup in Sydney with a commanding 82–22 victory over Nigeria in their Pool 2 Africa Qualifiers fixture. It was a...
View ArticleChilima crash inquiry nears milestone as ex-police, military chiefs set to...
The Parliamentary Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the Chikangawa plane crash says it’s on track to wrap up the third phase of its probe by the end of October, after hammering out a fresh six-week...
View ArticleCH3’s K6.9m desk donation brings relief to Mchesi Primary
A Lilongwe fabrication firm has come to the rescue of Mchesi Primary School, handing over 100 desks in a move that’s brought huge relief to a school that had been battling a chronic shortage. CH3...
View ArticleEDF, FDH Bank partner to formalise Malawi gold trade
Malawi’s Export Development Fund (EDF) has struck a partnership with FDH Bank to open four new Gold Trading Centres in Karonga, Mzimba (Jenda), Mangochi and Blantyre, as the state-backed fund seeks to...
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