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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:54:43 GMT
Malawi Case Shines Light On Anti-Albino Prejudice in Africa
[DW] From the day they are born, they have to hide in the shadows. They're derided for the way they look, ostracized from communal life and persecuted. In some cultures, superstitious beliefs are attached to their physical appearance, from magical cu...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:42:41 GMT
British Investor Pumps in K800m in Oil Manufacturing in Nkhotakota
[Nyasa Times] A British investor has pumped in K800 million in oil industry which is largely to benefit a rural area in Nkhotakota.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:42:39 GMT
Battle Lines Drawn Between DPP Factions As Parliament Prepares to Meet in July
[Nyasa Times] Malawians should expect a weaker opposition in parliament as the country's main opposition party, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has its internal fight to another level.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:01:02 GMT
Court Jails Five People For Attack on Man with Albinism
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- In her judgment Monday, Judge Dorothy Nyakaunda Kamanga sentenced five people to life imprisonment with hard labor for the death of MacDonald Masambuka.

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:16:10 GMT
562 Stranded Ethiopian Migrants Wish to Leave Malawi
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Over 500 Ethiopian migrants are stranded in Malawi and would like to return to their communities of origin, according to a verification exercise conducted by the Ethiopian authorities with support from the Internationa...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:14:02 GMT
Malawi Law Society Tells Utm Cadres to Stop Shielding Chilima From ACB Interrogators
[Nyasa Times] Malawi Law Society has told UTM cadres to stop obstructing the graft busting body, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) interrogators who want to meet Vice President Saulos Chilima over allegations that he might have received huge sums of money...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:14:01 GMT
Rights Activists Pushes for Special Court for Corruption Cases
[Nyasa Times] Rights activists are pushing the Chief Justice Rezine Mzikamanda to swiftly establish a special court to try corruption cases, including those involving Vice President Saulos Chilima.

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 07:31:43 GMT
Rights Activists Increase Pressure on VP Chilima Resignation
[Nyasa Times] Rights activists have increased pressure on Vice President Saulos Chilima to step aside to pave way for smooth investigations into allegations that he might have received huge sums of money and other gifts from businessman Zuneth Sattar...

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 07:31:52 GMT
UDF Rallies Behind Chakwera's Fight Against Graft
[Nyasa Times] Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) has rallied behind President Dr Lazarus Chakwera's fight against graft in the country.

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 07:31:49 GMT
Malawi, Mozambique Police Agree on Tight Security on the Border
[Nyasa Times] Police officers from Mwanza Police Station in Malawi and Zobue Police Station in Mozambique, on Friday shared notes on how best they could tighten security on the Mwanza-Mozambique border so that citizens of both countries staying in th...

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 07:31:46 GMT
UTM Cadres Sleep Over at Chilima Residence to Block ACB Investigators
[Nyasa Times] UTM cadres are braving the chilly winter weather to camp at the residence of Vice President Saulos Chilima as they held a vigil to block graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) interrogators from meeting the Veep.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:58:08 GMT
Govt to Transfer 250 Elephants Between National Parks
[VOA] Malawi's government and conservationists have announced plans to move 250 elephants from a park in the country's south to a central one that has lost nearly all its population to poaching. But communities living near the park fear the new arriv...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:25:29 GMT
Protestors Take to Streets Over Racist Video Ridiculing Children
[RFI] Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Malawi's capital Lilongwe this week after a video surfaced with what appears to be the exploitation of children by a Chinese national.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:10:55 GMT
MPs Challenged to Formulate, Enact Laws That Can Make Transformational Difference On Women and Girls
[Nyasa Times] Concerned Youth Organization (CYO) has challenged members of Parliament (MPs) to formulate and enact gender-responsive legislative frameworks and policies if their representative role in the august House is to make a transformational di...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:10:51 GMT
Minister Lowe Commends Tama Farmers Trust for Campaigning for More Tobacco Production Next Season
[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Agriculture, Lobin Clarke Lowe, has applauded TAMA Farmers' Trust for complementing government efforts in campaigning for more production of tobacco in the next growing season, stressing that Malawi's leaf remains in hig...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:48:17 GMT
HRDC Blames Chakwera On Corruption and Fraud Prevalence
[Nyasa Times] Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says President Lazarus Chakwera that in his early major campaign speeches, he had vowed "to disinfect Malawi to remove the stench of corruption and fraud" and the civil society organisation now re...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:48:17 GMT
Chilima Defies President Chakwera, Attends Cabinet Meeting
[Nyasa Times] Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima on Thursday defied his boss's technical sacking following a corruption probe by the graft bursting body Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) in collaboration with the National Crime Agency (NCA) of the Unite...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:48:16 GMT
Chilima Reacts to ACB Report Linking Him to Sattar Bribery Saga
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's State Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima has finally reacted to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) report, which links him to corruption activities of the United Kingdom-based business magnate, Zuneth Sattar.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:10:55 GMT
ACB Arrests Former Police IG Kainja, Senior Cop - Court Grants Kainja Bail
[Nyasa Times] The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), on Thursday, arrested former Inspector General of police George Kainja alongside Mwabi Kaluba, another senior officer in the Malawi Police Service (MPS), over allegations that they received bribes from ...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:21:34 GMT
Chakwera Strips Vice President's Power After Corruption Allegations
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has suspended the powers of Vice President Saulos Chilima after the country's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) accused Chilima of accepting kickbacks in return for government contracts.

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:18:56 GMT
Chilima Mum On Withdrawal of Delegated Duties
[Nyasa Times] Vice President Saulos Chilima is mum on the decision by President Dr Lazarus Maccathy Chakwera to withdraw delegated duties from him.

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:18:54 GMT
Spc Moves in to Implement Chakwera's Directives On Sattar List
[Nyasa Times] Secretary to President and Cabinet Colleen Zamba says her office is moving swiftly to implement President Dr Lazarus Chakwera's directives issued on Tuesday to stem graft.

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:17:38 GMT
EU Ambassador Says Corruption a Big Obstacle for Malawi Development
[Nyasa Times] European Union (EU) Ambassador to Malawi, Rune Skinnebach, has said corruption is a very big obstacle for development in the country.

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 08:40:15 GMT
Bursaries Keep Girls in School, to Avoid Child Marriage and Early Pregnancy
[UNFPA] Dedza, Malawi -- DEDZA, Malawi--For the past three years, Lusita Maikolo has been in and out of school. Her parents could not always afford to pay her school fees, and this led to her being excluded for long periods. But the 17-year-old girl,...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 06:14:31 GMT
Zambian Authorities Arrest Man Accused of Selling Exploitative Videos of Malawian Children
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Authorities in Zambia said they have arrested a Chinese citizen accused of selling exploitative videos of Malawian children. Malawian authorities say they are working to have the man, Lu Ke, returned to Malawi, where rights ...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 14:26:36 GMT
Man Arrested in Zambia After Racist Video of Children
[Nyasa Times] The Zambian Department of Immigration has arrested errant racist Chinese national, Lu Ke, who is being implicated in racism allegations on children and women in Lilongwe.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:06:10 GMT
Your Guns Are Not Toys, Tourism Minister Usi Tells Game Rangers
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Tourism, Culture and Wildlife, Michael UIsi has said game rangers must respond with equivalent action whenever they see that their lives are in danger against poachers.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:05:13 GMT
Alliance One Increases School Chess Sponsorship
[Nyasa Times] Alliance One Tobacco in collaboration with its sister company Pyxus Agriculture Limited have increased sponsorship of the Chess School Playing Club Project being implemented by the Chess Association of Malawi (Chessam) in some rural bas...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:59:07 GMT
Malawi Red Cross Calls for Massive Positive Response to Polio Vaccination
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Red Cross Society has asked Malawian parents to quickly understand the importance of getting all children under the age of five vaccinated against polio for the sustainability of a polio free status for the country.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:11:24 GMT
Shepherd Bushiri's Lawyers Further Delay Extradition Attempt With Technical Objections
[Daily Maverick] Yet another delay has arisen in the seemingly interminable legal effort by South Africa to extradite the evangelical preacher and self-styled 'Prophet' Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary from their home country Malawi to face many ch...



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