[The Conversation Africa] "Kangaroo mother care" is widely acknowledged as a helpful method in caring for small and preterm infants. It makes a vital contribution to their survival, well-being and development. Developed in 1978 by Colombian paediatri...

[Nyasa Times] People retire from their professional jobs but they should not retire from working, said financial analyst Jimmy Lipunga at a seminar on Tuesday when he delivered an inspiring retirement planning seminary at Sunbird Mount Soche Hotel in...

[RFI] In an effort to help local artisans and small manufacturers, the Malawian government this year rolled out a new system to eliminate middlemen and break into the international market. But some in Blantyre feel that they have been left out of the...

[VOA] Blantrye, Malawi -- Malawi is taking steps to start allowing Muslim students to wear the hijab, or headscarf, in all educational institutions. The controversial issue has forced some schools to close in the predominantly Christian country.

[Nyasa Times] A TNM Super League tour to Mzuzu by Savenda Chitipa United has seen them collecting 2 points from 2 games out of a possible six and are still stuck on position 13.

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has lost another of its soldiers who was carrying out his duties outside the country.

[Nyasa Times] Former President Arthur Peter Mutharika has distanced himself and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration from media reports suggesting that his government had cleared Asian businessperson Abdul Karim Batatawala on corrupt...

[VOA] Blantrye, Malawi -- Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera led a rollout Friday of a push for a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, with a strong call to Malawians to go for vaccination to prevent a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The call ...

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said on Friday that it would be forced to discontinue the scheduled June 29 Nkhata Bay Central by-election should the issue about the four fired commissioners not be sorted soon enough.

[Nyasa Times] "I have not been able to see any such good reason to grant a stay."

[Nyasa Times] The National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) has come under heavy criticism from the general public--especially commentators--in the manner it is handling the issue of award of contracts to companies that will supply oil and gas to the co...

[Nyasa Times] Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako, has admitted that the costs of internet services in the country are exorbitant but was quick to say that government working out solutions with Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

[Nyasa Times] The department of HIV/AIDS and Nutrition, under the Ministry of Health (MoH), has been allocated K58 billion in the 2021/2022 national budget, a drop from K80 billion in the last financial year; and, the development has worried the parl...

[Nyasa Times] Clad in full military gear, President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera became the first President of the Republic to witness a field military training for the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Soldiers in the thick bushes of Luwawa Forest in Mzimba o...

[Nyasa Times] "Lulu is the best musician in Malawi. He is so good and lives ahead of his time"

[Nyasa Times] Leading mobile technology company, Airtel Malawi, announced four more millionaires in its Airtel Yabeba promotion during a second draw made in Lilongwe on Tuesday.

[Nyasa Times] An enormous fire, whose cause is not yet known, has razed one of the male hostels at St. Luke's College of Nursing in Malawi's former capital.

[Nyasa Times] Probably whoever said 'imfa siithawika' (death is inescapable) did not lie! Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Commissioners at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners, Linda Kunje and Dr. Jean Mathanga, might have successfu...

[Nyasa Times] Wella Medical Aid Society (WEMAS) has honoured its pledge it made last year that it will be giving cash back at end of year to medical insurance policy holders whose premiums have been underutilized.

[Nyasa Times] Finance Minister Felix Mlusu's 2021/2022 fiscal budget--delivered at the Parliament Building in the capital Lilongwe on Friday, May 28, 2021--has already began proving what critics said that the K1.9 trillion budget "is unrealistic" fol...

[Nyasa Times] Leader of Opposition (LoP) Kondwani Nankhumwa has joined a ring of politicians in the country who abuse their powers after it has been revealed that he bought institutional houses, belonging to the Tobacco Commission (TC), illegally.

[Nyasa Times] "The High Court erred in finding that circumstantial evidence proved beyond reasonable doubt that Chanthunya caused the death of Gasa."

[Cosafa] Malawi's local players on Tuesday afternoon started training in preparation for next week's international friendly match against Tanzania.

[Nyasa Times] * To offer affordable and equitable healthcare services

[Nyasa Times] The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has rejection an application by the Malawi Government seeking an extension of time within which to file its response to the deposed Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker Symon Vuwa Ka...

[Nyasa Times] It has been confirmed that the country has the new variant of the Coronavirus--from India--after some of the samples that were sent for diagnosis at the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in South Africa tested positive.

[Nyasa Times] Death of a Mzuzu University (Mzuni), Gospel Khoza, who is believed to have died after stabbing himself in the neck while in his hostel around Dunduzu has been received with mixed reactions as, while others think the suicide version of t...

[Nyasa Times] Commentators and experts on education in the country have hailed President Lazarus Chakwera's installation as Champion for Higher Education in Africa, but have quickly advised that the Malawi leader needs to up his game as far as catapu...

[Nyasa Times] Blantyre based musician, creative and founder of KNQR, Hayze Engolah has made history by becoming the first Malawian musician to appear on Forbes Africa 30 under 30 list.

[Nyasa Times] Khwima Kayira, an 11-year-old pupil at St Phoenix International Primary School in Blantyre, has become the first Malawian to publish a book, Greatest Eleven, at his age.