[Nyasa Times] ARMED police swooped on Malawi's seat of government in a dramatic show of force -- sparking fears of a major security incident at the heart of the nation's power.

[Nyasa Times] The parliamentary inquiry into the June 10, 2024 military plane crash has heard fresh testimony from Kelvin Sentala, a close acquaintance of the late vice-president Saulos Chilima, who sought to clarify a widely discussed remark attribu...

[GroundUp] Immigrants say threats and evictions forced them to flee their homes

[Nyasa Times] Former Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Colleen Zamba, has strongly defended the government's response to the military plane crash that claimed the lives of former Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others, insisting that of...

[Nyasa Times] The proposed Kasiya Rutile Project in Lilongwe District could remain in operation for more than 70 years, far exceeding its initially modelled 25-year mine life, according to findings from a definitive feasibility study conducted by Sov...

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Minister of Mining, Thoko Tembo, M.P., has reaffirmed the government's commitment to maintaining a stable, transparent and predictable investment environment as it advances sector-wide reforms designed to strengthen regulatory ...

[Nyasa Times] A detective has told the High Court how a suspect accused of murder and rape led investigators to the body of his alleged victim and admitted the crimes in a recorded video interview, in testimony that cast a stark light on one of Malaw...

[Nyasa Times] The Chepiti family in Blantyre has appealed a ruling by the Blantyre District Land Tribunal which found that land they say they have occupied for more than a century belongs to the Catholic Church.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Ad Hoc Committee probing the June 2024 military plane crash has received testimony that sharpens scrutiny of the decisions surrounding vice-president Saulos Chili

[Nyasa Times] Experts have expressed cautious optimism that Malawi can still meet its 2030 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) targets, but have warned that significant financing gaps and coordination challenges must be urgently addressed if the cou...

[Nyasa Times] As Malawians in South Africa face rising anti-migrant tensions and appeals for repatriation support grow louder, one homegrown technology platform has unexpectedly become central to the national response.

[Nyasa Times] A Deputy Minister has allegedly crossed a significant constitutional line by secretly recommending to the appointing authority that his own line minister be removed from office, according to claims circulating on social media gossip pla...

[Nyasa Times] A fiery open letter posted on Facebook has accused senior officials in the Ministry of Lands of illegally allocating more than 30 hectares of prime city-centre land in Lilongwe to a single investor, Nyasa Manufacturing Ltd, sparking fre...

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's push to meet global water and sanitation targets by 2030 is facing mounting pressure, with senior officials and development partners warning that the country must accelerate reforms, strengthen accountability and find new ways ...

[Nyasa Times] The parliamentary inquiry into the June 10, 2024 military aircraft crash that killed Vice President Saulos Chilima and eight others continues to expose the distance between official account

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's public universities have quietly triggered one of the most consequential policy shifts of the year: a doubling of tuition fees for generic students, from K650,000 to K1.3 million.

[Nyasa Times] The Office of the Ombudsman has delivered a scathing indictment of Malawi's Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services, concluding that access to critical immigration services has effectively become a matter of who can pay the m...

[Scrolla] More than 150 buses are due at Beitbridge as the Durban repatriation site closes, with most of its 7,000 people already moved to Musina. Buses without proper travel certificates are being stopped at Beitbridge and sent to a truck stop, le...

[Nyasa Times] Pan African Mining Limited has strongly refuted reports circulating on some media platforms and social media claiming that it exported 2.5 tonnes of granite from Malawi to India, clarifying that only 67 kilograms of carefully prepared c...

[Nyasa Times] An eerie silence, broken only by muffled sobs, engulfed Committee Room 251 at Parliament Building in Lilongwe yesterday as three widows of victims of the June 10, 2024 Chikangawa military plane crash laid bare the emotional scars they h...

[Nyasa Times] President Peter Mutharika's decision to dispatch Second Vice-President Enoch Chihana to yet another high-level Sadc engagement has not gone unnoticed in Lilongwe. For the second time in a week, Chihana -- leader of the Alliance for Demo...

[SciDev.Net] Greater diagnostic testing for cryptococcal meningitis could help avert 135,000 deaths a year in Africa, writes Edith Magak.

[GroundUp] Border Management Authority says Home Affairs and police checks must be completed before arriving at the border

[Nyasa Times] Former National Intelligence Service (NIS) director general Dokani Ngwira appeared before the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee investigating the June 10, 2024 military plane crash on Monday, but his testimony was halted after concerns ove...

[Nyasa Times] Officials from the Lilongwe District Council are today meeting representatives of the Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) to discuss the postponement of planned demonstrations against escalating xenophobic attacks targeting forei...

[Nyasa Times] NICO Group has reaffirmed its commitment to provide financial backing for the continued organization of the Lilongwe Motor Show.

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Police Service has confirmed it is weighing the purchase of modern aircraft as it attempts to rebuild an Air Wing that has been effectively non-functional for years -- and to determine whether its grounded helicopter is finan...

[Nyasa Times] Prominent businessman and Agrizone International Trading (AZIT) Chief Executive Officer Matius Bonongwe is once again at the centre of a major fertilizer scandal after police arrested him over the alleged possession of 670 bags of suspe...

[Nyasa Times] In the midst of the uncertainty facing Malawians caught up in xenophobic violence in South Africa, Dr McBride Nkhalamba's decision to contribute K5 million has emerged as one of the steadier, more reassuring gestures in a week marked by...

[Nyasa Times] Governance and human rights advocate Undule Mwakasungula has urged the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) to rethink its plan to stage demonstrations over the Karonga-Chiweta Road, arguing that the government's commitment to begin ...