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Malawi Police Stop Norwegian Funded Freedom Parade
The Southern Region Police Spokesperson Davie Chingwalu said on Friday that they (police) stopped the Freedom annual parade organized by Nanzikambe Arts and Development (NAD) in the commercial city of Blantyre on Thursday after discovering that the Norwegian...
Malawi Government Launching Socio-economic Indicators Website
The government of Malawi through the National Statistical Office (NSO) will on Wednesday in the commercial city of Blantyre officially launch the Malawi Socio-Economic Database (MASEDA) website to compile and display information on the country’s socio-economic...
African Development Bank Approves Two Grants for Malawi
The Tunisia-based African Development Bank (AfDB), a regional lending institution, has approved two grants for Malawi totaling 2.5 million euro to improve the citizenry’s access to water and sanitation services. The first grant of 500,000 euro will...
Malawi Couple Appear in Court Charged with Acts Against the Order of Nature
A magistrate court sitting in the Malawi commercial capital of Blantyre on Wednesday charged two alleged gay-lovers with three counts of indecent act, immoral behavior and sexual intercourse against the order of nature. Presiding magistrate Usiwa Usiwa...
Malawi President Bingu Wa Mutharika Signs the Southern African Development Community Gender Protocol
Malawi President Bingu Wa Mutharika has signed the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Gender Protocol which seeks to promote and empower women. He said in the commercial city of Blantyre during the signing ceremony that his government will...
Malawi’s Newly Crowned Tourism Ambassador, Lauretta Twea, in China for This Year’s Miss Tourism Queen International Pageant
Malawi’s Newly crowned tourism ambassador, Lauretta Twea, is visiting Zhengzhou, China, to represent the nation at this year’s Miss Tourism Queen International pageant. Twea was crowned Miss Tourism Malawi after beating 13 fellow contestants during...
Malawi Firm to Make Steel Bars Out of Recycled Scrap Metal
Malawi’s Iron and Steel Corporation Limited (Miscor) opened its doors in the commercial city of Blantyre on Wednesday to recycle scrap metal into steel bars. Miscor Managing Director Jayesh Patel said the company, which is the first of its kind in Malawi,...
Malawi Telecoms Firm Invests $50m in Fiber Network
Malawi’s Telecommunication Limited (MTL) has said that it had so far invested $50 million in its efforts to build an optic fiber network to reach the country’s eastern seacoast with the Indian Ocean. MTL Chief Executive Peter Zimmer told the local...
