[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...

By Pemphero Malimba: The use of forex to import maize from Zambia has come under scrutiny, with the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (Pac) asking the government to fund the Greenbelt Authority (GBA)’s irrigation programme to boost local pro...

By Blessings Makuwira: President Peter Mutharika has pledged to improve mothers’ access to healthcare, economic opportunities and education as part of efforts to empower women across the country. In a Mother’s Day message, Mutharika said his admi...

Commercial banks have recorded an improvement in loan quality, with the proportion of nonperforming loans falling from 9.4 percent in December 2024 to 3.6 percent in June 2026. The decline follows an improvement in the banking sector’s asset qualit...

By Praise Majawa: Malawi National Women’s Football Team might be the talk of town due its five star performances but the players are reduced to ordinary citizens when they return home from international duty. The team sent the entire nation into w...

Farmers have questioned delays in the distribution of fertiliser under the 2026-27 Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme (Fisp), despite assurances from the Smallholder Farmers Fertiliser Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) that 62,000 metric tonnes (MT) of th...