[Nyasa Times] Malawi chess brainiac, Joseph Mwale, has made it possible for Malawi to be crowned second after he outshone fellow champions from such countries as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Senegal and Algeria.

[Nyasa Times] Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are contributing 35 percent of the disease burden in Malawi, the Ministry of Health and Partners in Health (PIH) have disclosed.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi--a bona fide member of the United Nations (UN)--last week voted that the UN Human Rights Council should not establish an international commission of inquiry to investigate violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, includi...

[Nyasa Times] It is still unclear whether or not the country might have the third Coronavirus wave following reports that results of the 600 samples sent to the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in South Africa to determine the same are not yet known ...

[Nyasa Times] The Civil Society Network on Climate Change (Cisonecc)-a premier multi-stakeholder grouping in addressing climate change issues in Malawi-has urged president Lazarus Chakwera to fulfil his commitments on "important matters" of climate c...

[Nyasa Times] Registrar of Political Parties Chikumbutso Namelo has angered Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) for demanding registration details of the organization before he could provide information on source of fina...

[Nyasa Times] Twenty three (23) journalists have gathered in Salima to attend a one-and-a-half day training workshop on gender responsive reporting and Generation Equality.

[Nyasa Times] Strange fish disease that was recorded in July last year at Dambo village in Mchinji district is rumoured to have hit Lake Malawi around Rumphi district.

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Gaming Board has burnt gambling machines worth K6.5 million which it confiscated from two Malawians in Mzuzu who were operating illegally on behalf of a Tanzanian national.

[Nyasa Times] Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesperson, Brown Mpinganjira has issued a public notice disowning himself from a Facebook account that has been created in his name.

[Nyasa Times] "I came to Malawi to seek refuge and protection. I just wanted to live life like a normal human being, not to be caged as if I am a vicious."

[Nyasa Times] While commending the government for increasing the budget allocation to early childhood development (ECD) from K803 million in the 2019/2020 budget to K3 billion in the 2020/2021 budget, WaterAid Malawi contends that the allocation stil...

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Judge Dr. Chifundo Kachale has disclosed that the Commission will conduct research on null and void votes from May to June, 2021.

[Nyasa Times] "I have been assured that by June next year, this facility will be a fully fledged centre."

[Nyasa Times] The new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Nyasa Big Bullets, Suzgo Nyirenda has hit the ground running in the club's commercialization drive in which he pledges plans of setting up its own television station.

[Nyasa Times] Local and international agricultural think tanks are set to converge in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, next week for the annual agricultural police conference.

[Nyasa Times] Incumbent Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) general secretary, Carol Bapu has declared that she is not contesting for re-election at the elective annual general meeting (AGM).

[Nyasa Times] The High Court in Blantyre has ruled that the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) is a public entity and that all its employees and directors of its board are public officers.

[Nyasa Times] "The rural youth needs to step forward and out of their comfort zone."

[Nyasa Times] Timotheos Foundation, a local charity, is reportedly planning to hold demonstrations against the Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, who ordered the Foundation to submit expenditure reports fo...

[Nyasa Times] President of the Freedom of Worship Association of Malawi (FOWAM) Prophet David Mbewe has condemned discrimination perpetrated against people of the Rastafarian faith, stressing that this is against freedoms of worship and association.

[Nyasa Times] Farm input suppliers Farmers World and Peacock Seed Enterprises Limited and used car dealer, Be Forward Company (Malawi) Limited, are among companies the Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) has slapped with various degrees of...

[Nyasa Times] *Students had demanded to be ferried enmasse to attend funeral of fellow student in Mulanje

[Nyasa Times] Malawi National Council of Sports has advised Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) to postpone the elective annual general meeting (AGM), which was scheduled for Saturday, May 29 in Salima "until such a time the Council has reviewed and ...

[Nyasa Times] "We are happy that we are going to sort things out as a family."

[IPS] Lilongwe, Malawi -- Malawian healthcare workers are facing challenges from all sides. More than half of healthcare facilities in Malawi are without handwashing facilities, almost two thirds have no decent toilets and almost one fifth do not hav...

[Nyasa Times] Pressure continues to mount on President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera's administration to release the report on Public Sector Systems Review, with the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Youth and Society (YAS) now condemn...

[Nyasa Times] "Govement must move to full migration to e-Payments to ensure it the doesn't lose funds."

[Nyasa Times] "As a future-ready bank, we cannot continue to operate as a traditional bank."

[Nyasa Times] The US government which suspended all tobacco imports from Malawi announced on Monday that it has 'modified an existing Withhold Release Order on imports of tobacco from Malawi'.