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Dassu: Malawi’s vice-presidency is a constitutional office, not a party asset

There are critical moments in the life of a constitutional democracy when we must step back and confront a fundamental question: what does the supreme law of our land, the Constitution of the Republic...

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Bishop Mtumbuka’s truth bomb: exposes corruption, blackouts and broken passports

Officials squirm in front row as fearless cleric tears into ‘collapsed’ Malawi during 125th anniversary Mass A Catholic bishop turned what was meant to be a joyous 125th anniversary celebration into a...

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Fertiliser truck flips into ditch after ‘thugs’ grab wheel in road rage row 

A man is behind bars in Mzuzu after a row over an unauthorised lift allegedly saw a gang of “touts” wrestle control of a moving lorry — sending it careering into a roadside drain and flipping it onto...

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Malawi Police promote and reward 8 officers as IG details Osman rescue operation

Inspector General of Police Richard Luhanga has promoted eight police officers and awarded each of them K1 million in recognition of their role in the rescue of kidnapped British national Nasrat Osman,...

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‘Area looks beautiful’: UK ambassador praises Mmbelwa Kingdom’s forest cover

The UK’s ambassador to Malawi has praised environmental conservation initiatives in Mmbelwa Kingdom, Mzimba district, during a visit to the Royal Palace at eDingeni. Her Excellency Leigh Stubblefield...

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Blue Eagles close out first round on top after edging past Wanderers

Blue Eagles wrapped up their first-round campaign with a 2-1 win over Mighty Wanderers at Nankhaka Stadium, finishing top of the FDH Bank Premiership table. The hosts flew out of the blocks. Farhad...

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Malawi turns to its tax authority to fill the hole left by donors

Malawi’s tax authority is being asked to raise almost the entirety of the country’s K10.978tn budget for 2026/27, more than a decade after international donors withdrew direct financial support to the...

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Fertiliser scandal engulfs minister Mbilizi as opposition brands DPP a shield...

Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party stands accused of shielding one of its own ministers as a fertiliser procurement scandal threatens to engulf the government just months before the crucial...

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Malawi has 32 prosecutors for 22 million people. Clooney wants to help

Malawi has just 32 prosecutors at its Directorate of Public Prosecutions to serve a population of 22 million – a shortfall that has left the justice system straining to bring cases of violence against...

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Inside the Mpemba compound where a kidnap plot ended in gunfire

There is a fence in Mingale that was not there a month ago. It stands just off a dirt road the colour of rust, behind stacks of burnt brick and a scatter of trees, in a village so unremarkable that...

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Mozambican, Malawian named as gunmen shot dead in Osman rescue

Malawi Police have named the two suspected kidnappers who were shot dead during the dramatic operation that saw British national Nusrat Osman rescued from her captors in Blantyre. Inspector General of...

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Madinga hails Mutharika’s economic turnaround as inflation, interest rates...

Malawi’s banking chief has heaped praise on President Peter Mutharika, crediting him with steering the country’s economy firmly back on track, after a high-level meeting at Kamuzu Palace that saw both...

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Mulli joins star-studded procession to hospital bedside of hero cop shot in...

Malawian business magnate Leston Mulli has become the latest high-profile figure to visit wounded police chief Noel Kayira in hospital, branding kidnapping “evil” and heaping praise on the Malawi...

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Mwanamvekha: Malawi needs billions in private capital for infrastructure

Malawi’s Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC) has unveiled a raft of major infrastructure projects worth billions of dollars, as government looks to private sector financing to unlock the...

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Malawi inflation eases to seven-month low, but disinflation remains food-led...

Malawi’s headline inflation rate has fallen for a seventh consecutive month, easing to 20.01 per cent in August from 20.83 per cent in July, according to data from the National Statistical Office...

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Mutharika’s land directive: Chipungu kicks off Nantipwiri Farm allocation

Hundreds of Malawian families are set to receive long-awaited plots of farmland after Lands Minister Chimwemwe Chipungu personally joined officials on the ground today to launch a major land...

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Malawi VP Ansah says wounded cop hero Mlowoka ‘is fine’ after rescuing...

Malawi’s Vice-President Dr Jane Ansah has said Deputy Inspector General of Police for Operations Dr Mlowoka Noel Kayira is “fine”, after visiting him in hospital following his shooting during a police...

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Professor Zimani Kadzamira: the scholar who stepped out of his family’s...

Professor Zimani David Kadzamira, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malawi and brother of Cecilia Kadzamira, the long-serving official hostess to President Hastings Kamuzu Banda, has died....

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Prophet Bushiri to hold Harvest Mandate Salvation Festival in Lilongwe

Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church founder and leader Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has announced a major evangelistic outreach, the Harvest Mandate Salvation Festival, to be held on 26 September...

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Zunaid Moti: Malawi’s newest “proof point” for a deal already unravelling in...

Malawi’s government has been accused of misleading the public over a scheme to build 450 schools, clinics and vocational centres, after officials described the project as costing taxpayers nothing —...

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