Malawi moves towards advanced cancer treatment with nuclear medicine facilities
Malawi is on the brink of a major breakthrough in the fight against cancer, with advanced diagnosis and treatment facilities known as nuclear medicine set to launch in Lilongwe, dramatically boosting...
View ArticleMalawi tobacco farmers face days in the cold amid registration chaos
Thousands of Malawi’s poorest tobacco farmers have been left sleeping outdoors in the bitter cold for days on end, as a catastrophic technical meltdown of the country’s new registration system plunges...
View ArticleMalawi Housing Corporation roars back to profit under Chimkango
Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC), the state-owned property and housing body, has returned to profitability in the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year, in what management is presenting as a...
View ArticleMiss Malawi founder Carver Bhima dies
The Malawi beauty pageant world has been plunged into mourning following the death of Carver Bhima, the founder of the Miss Malawi Organisation. Bhima, a towering figure in Malawi’s pageantry industry,...
View ArticleMining law review on track to deliver ‘greater benefits’ for Malawi
Malawi’s government has declared itself delighted with progress on a sweeping review of the country’s Mines and Minerals Act, insisting the shake-up is firmly on track to deliver a modern, clear and...
View ArticleEmbassy drama: Malawi envoy battles government over shock Kuwait recall
Malawi’s ambassador to Kuwait has launched a dramatic legal fight after being ordered to pack his bags and leave in just 16 days—despite regulations that allegedly require three months’ notice. Younos...
View ArticleMan wrongly jailed for 14 years over sex offence walks free after spending...
A man who spent two agonising years behind bars has finally walked free after the High Court in Zomba quashed his conviction and dramatically overturned a 14-year prison sentence, ruling that his alibi...
View ArticleCOMMENT: You cannot tax a nation into prosperity — Malawi’s leaders must...
There is a peculiar kind of madness gripping Malawi’s economic policy, one that would be almost comical if the consequences weren’t so devastating for ordinary people. While government ministers stand...
View ArticleMinister Chipungu denies business ties to man accused of running trafficking...
Chimwemwe Chipungu, Malawi’s Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, has denied having any business relationship with Bahar Sarker, a Bangladeshi national accused of running a smuggling and...
View ArticleWhy your data keeps disappearing — MACRA investigates TNM and Airtel Malawi
Malawi’s telecoms watchdog has launched an urgent investigation after being flooded with complaints from furious mobile users who say their data bundles are mysteriously vanishing far faster than they...
View ArticleThe mystery of Malawi’s 2nd VP Chihana’s Nairobi trip
There is a particular genre of diplomatic non-story that has become familiar in the age of the Facebook communiqué: two politicians meet, one of them posts a photograph, and the rest of us are left to...
View ArticleFrom seminary to Oxford to Parliament: Mtumbuka tells Malawian students to...
Rumphi Central MP (UTM Party) Dr Matthews Mtumbuka has urged Malawi university students to treat failure not as something to fear but as an integral part of the path to success, drawing on his own...
View ArticleCDH Investment Bank commits K8.5m towards ECAMA Annual Conference
CDH Investment Bank has supported the Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA) with K8.5 million towards its Annual Economic Conference scheduled for 29 to 30 October 2026 in Mangochi. This year’s...
View ArticlePolice IG Luhanga echoes Chilima’s proverb as he admits searchers ‘got lost’
Malawi’s police chief has made a startling admission to MPs investigating the Chikangawa plane crash, telling them officers searching for the aircraft carrying former vice-president Saulos Chilima...
View ArticleChaponda slams UN ‘talk shop’: Malawi demands bold UN reforms on debt,...
Malawi has delivered a trenchant critique of global governance at the United Nations in New York, calling on the international body to abandon performative diplomacy and transform itself into an...
View ArticleMuluzi looks to wartime Kyiv for lessons in national resilience
When opposition politicians seek inspiration for domestic policy, war zones are rarely the first destination on the itinerary. Yet United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Muluzi has returned from...
View ArticleLife sentence for man who killed farmer and buried body in pit
A COLD-BLOODED killer who brutally butchered a 35-year-old farmer with an axe and buried his body in a shallow pit has been jailed for life. Fombe Nyamatchilenga launched a violent attack on innocent...
View ArticleChairman chastised: Malango steps in to demand Nyamilandu respect...
A fiery parliamentary inquiry into the tragic plane crash that killed Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima descended into chaos on Monday after an explosive row erupted between furious politicians....
View ArticleMalawi’s economists press for fiscal discipline and forex reform as debt...
The Economics Association of Malawi says tight budgets and a more flexible exchange rate are needed, but warns that the medicine carries costs for business Malawi’s economists are urging the government...
View Article‘Not silence, intimidation or political spin’: Kabambe challenges President...
Malawi’s opposition UTM leader, Dalitso Kabambe, has publicly urged President Peter Mutharika to “speak directly to the nation” about what his administration is doing to tackle corruption and the...
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