[Nyasa Times] Malawi is doing worse on reducing poverty, hunger, and unemployment and other indicators, according to a recent Afrobarometer Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Scorecard for the country.

[Nyasa Times] Coffee growers in the country have every reason to smile as Mzuzu Coffee Planters Cooperative Union Limited has committed to purchasing large volumes of the commodity from smallholder farmers in Malawi.

[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Civic Education and National Unity Timothy Pagonachi Mtambo has asked developers of primary and secondary schools' curricula to further explore applying Peace Education at primary and secondary level.

[Nyasa Times] Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Halima Daud, has described the Local Government Accountability and Performance (LGAP) project as a game changer, saying it has helped enhance and promote delivery of high qualit...

[Nyasa Times] Members of Parliament (MPs) under the Parliamentary Committee on Health and Population are pressing development partners to assign them an oversight role over financial and technical support that developed countries provide to the healt...

[Nyasa Times] Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) has unveiled plans to assist producers of edible cooking oil and soap at Iponga in Karonga District to mechanize their production processes.

[Nyasa Times] Tourism, Culture and Wildlife Minister, Michael Usi, has said that domestic tourism has the potential to contribute significantly to the overall growth of the country's economy.

[Nyasa Times] As a safety measure and encouragement to its employees to receive Covid-19 vaccines, FINCA Limited has announced it would give K20,0000 to each employee who voluntarily gets fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

[Nyasa Times] The National TB Programme (NTP) has resumed its psychosocial support to the drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients after a six-month break due to administrative challenges.

[Nyasa Times] The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has called for full investigation into the scandal surrounding the smuggling into the National Assembly of the Loan Authorisation Bill number 22 of 2021 on the last day of the previo...

[Nyasa Times] The Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 ruled in favour of Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) employees whose contracts were recently nullified by the former Ombudsman, Martha Chizuma, allegedly because ...

[Nyasa Times] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit due next week to be hosted by the South-eastern nation of Malawi is an opportunity to shine to the world at large because as the country geared to give it its best shot, Malawi's ...

[Nyasa Times] Tears down flowed down the cheeks not only of those who attended the burial of a larger-than-life actor and a generational talented icon as his remains were interred six feet down under.

[Nyasa Times] The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has deported a Pakistan national, Shahzad Khan, for kidnapping a five-year-old child of Asian origin in December last year.

[Nyasa Times] The Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director Martha Chizuma has disclosed that investigation into the National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) fuel importation contracts, which were allegedly marred by corruption, is almost o...

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has disclosed that it will, within the prescribed 14 days, respond to the notice of claim for K600 million from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member of Parliament for Nkhata Bay Central Con...

[Nyasa Times] Fierce divisions have emerged among Fuel Tankers Operators Association (FTOA) with some demanding that their chairman Golden Luhanga be impeached "immediately," accusing him of being "extremely compromised" and also bringing confusion i...

[The Conversation Africa] Chameleons occur almost exclusively on mainland Africa and the nearby island of Madagascar, and most species inhabit rainforests. Because these rainforests are naturally fragmented by the more arid savanna vegetation types, ...

[Nyasa Times] Chairperson for the Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament, Gladys Ganda, has expressed disappointment with the tendency by the government to use ordinary Malawians as pawns in justifying loans it get from various financial institut...

[Nyasa Times] Stakeholders have finally validated the long awaited gender-responsive budgeting guidelines for local councils in Malawi, effectively paving the way for the Ministry of Finance to trigger a process for their operationalization.

[Nyasa Times] The Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament has rejected the appointment of Vincent Chipeta as Director General for the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA), a government agency established under Section 3 (1) of the Financial ...

[Nyasa Times] Police in Lilongwe have arrested Presidential Executive Assistant and Special Advisor on Churches and Religious Affairs, Pastor Thom Martin and Ministry of Finance Acting Director of Debt and Aid, Nations Msowoya, over alleged abuse of ...

[Nyasa Times] The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday lambasted officials from the Ministry of Health over the latter's continued negligence and failure to timely furnish the Auditor General's office with supporting documents for ...

[Nyasa Times] The much-awaited Mzuzu International Volleyball Tournament is finally set to throw off this Friday at Katoto Open Courts in the city of Mzuzu.

[Nyasa Times] Concerned with a greater number of people not willing to take the ravaging Covid-19 jab, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has ordered its employees not to report for work if they are not vaccinated for Covid19.

[Nyasa Times] As tributes pour in for late Eric Mabedi, one of Malawi's legendary drama actors, kind thoughts have been shared on social media that Malawian legendary artists need to be accorded 'deserved' national recognition.

[Nyasa Times] For every country's economic growth to blossom and flourish, there is an absolute need for a vibrant private sector in place in order to oil the engine of progress and prosperity, Malawi's Vice President, Saulos Chilima has said.

[Nyasa Times] Mzuzu City Council employees last Friday barred their Mayor, Brian Nyasulu and four other Councilors from entering premises of the council's civic offices.

[Nyasa Times] President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has faulted the media for putting the country in bad publicity and reporting rumours without cross checking with relevant authorities.

[Nyasa Times] The High Court in Blantyre on Friday delivered a judgment that found the lower court's orders detaining children in Police custody unlawful.