China Announces Plans to Set Up Cotton Factory in Malawi in 2009

The Chinese ambassador to Malawi, Lin Songtian, on Tuesday said that China has advanced plans to establish a $25 million cotton ginning plant in the southern district of Balaka, 100 km north of the commercial city of Blantyre.

Malawi Court Allows Radio Joy to Return to Air

The Malawi High Court sitting in Blantyre has granted an injunction giving Joy Radio, a privately-owned station, over the right to return to the airwaves after the state-owned Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) pulled the plug on it for...

Malawi President Names Zomba As New City

Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has declared that the former capital of colonial Malawi, Zomba, should now be designated as the newest city, and join Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu as the country’s only cities.

“We Must Stop Looking At People Living with HIV/AIDS As Sinners”

Momola, 37, is the only pastor in Malawi’s Evangelical Baptist Church who has declared his HIV-positive status. Despite the divisions it caused, his move prompted many to examine the stigma they attach to HIV. He lost his wife and child to AIDS-related...