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Malawi, a landlocked country in southeastern Africa, is defined by its topography of highlands split by the Great Rift Valley and enormous Lake Malawi. The lake’s southern end falls within Lake Malawi National Park – sheltering diverse wildlife from colorful fish to baboons – and its clear waters are popular for diving and boating. Peninsular Cape Maclear is known for its beach resorts.
President:  Lazarus Chakwera Trending
Capital: Lilongwe
Recognised regional languages: List: Yao; Tumbuka; Tonga; Sena; Lomwe; Ngonde; Lambya
Population: 18.14 million (2018) World Bank

Lazarus Chakwera Malawi OP-ED Opinions 

Talking Blues: Lazarus Chakwera’s first year, the making of yet another inconsequential presidency

Village Reporter,
By Mapwiya Muulupale “Under-promise and over-deliver. People will be pleasantly surprised when you do more than they expected. And remember that there is always room for us to be better and do better.” – Luvvie Ajayi We will soon clock a year after the Fresh Presidential Election of 23 June 2020, which ushered in President Lazarus Chakwera’s presidency under the… Read More
Malawi Opinions 

Opinion: How Challenging Will Malawi’s Vision 2063 Be?

Village Reporter
By Chisala, Maxwell L. At the risk of appearing unpatriotic for second-guessing the country’s serious long-term development blueprint for moving the country from a ‘low-income’ country to a fully ‘industrialized upper middle-income’ country (currently, no country in Africa enjoys this status!), I have sought to inject some measure of realism in Vision 2063 by raising insightful doubts. What mix of… Read More
Leaders Malawi 

By Now Peter Mutharika is saying “I told you so” – Idriss Nassar

Village Reporter,
By Idriss Nassar Betrayal is when those that came to power through a revolution suddenly embrace and become comfortable in what they (seemingly) vehemently opposed not too long ago—grand theft, corruption, looting, cronyism, love of power for power’s sake, unexplained sudden wealth, primitive accumulation, hostility and intolerance toward opposing views, state capture by a coterie of dubious characters, hero worshipping,… Read More
Malawi Opinions 

Chakwera is leader without substance, presiding over a yet another corrupt Malawian regime – Professor Danwood M Chirwa

Village Reporter, , ,
Opinion by Professor Danwood M Chirwa The emerging revelations around NOCMA oil procurement scandal are deeply shocking but not unexpected.  NOCMA’s de facto CEO’s meticulous account and documentation of the interference by political agents in the procurement process brings to light the anatomy of corruption in Malawi. It shows that parastatals are not independent and the invidious position that management… Read More
Expelled Chrissie Kaponda Malawi OP-ED 

Talking Blues: Mr President, spare us from scandalous diplomats

Global Author,
By Mapwiya Muulupale “A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron” – Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) was the dictator of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. He transformed the Soviet Union from a peasant society like ours into an industrial and military superpower. However, his reign of terror killed millions of Russians. That… Read More
Malawi Opinions 

Opinion: Keeping Malawi’s Tripartite Elections Calendar Inviolable

Global Author,
By Maxwell Chisala Although Malawi’s constitutional-experiment survived its biggest test arising from the now-confirmed bungled 2019 Presidential election, Malawi’s ballot-box democracy experiment will continue smarting from Parliament’s self-serving legislative decision to extend its current tenure beyond the constitutionally prescribed five-year term, long after books on ‘widespread, systematic and grave’ irregularities and anomalies that seriously compromised the integrity of the results… Read More
Lazarus Chakwera Malawi Opinions 

Talking Blues: One step forward, two steps backwards and Extra

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By Mapwiya Muulupale “Success is brought by continued labour and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.” – William Jennings Bryan US Secretary of State 1860 – 1925 The phrase “one step forward, two steps backwards” originates from an anecdote about a frog trying to scale a water well. The frog… Read More
Malawi 

Japan supports Malawi’s management, distribution of Covid-19 vaccines with K574 Million

Village Reporter,
The Japanese government has given 36.9 million US dollars to 12 Latin American, Caribbean, and African countries, including Malawi to improve their cold chain management. About K574 million (nearly US$725,000) of this funding will be channeled to Malawi for its COVID-19 vaccination efforts by improving cold chain capabilities through enhanced infrastructure, equipment, transportation, and training for healthcare staff. This comes… Read More
Justina Nixon Business Malawi 

IBM, DOTS to empower Malawi youth with digital career grooming

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Digital Opportunity Trust and IBM Team Up to Provide Digital and Career Skills for Youth in Africa and the Middle East Young Malawians, especially women will make part of a global tech-savvy network of youth earmarked to hone career-ready digital skills and business knowledge following  a collaboration between computer giant IBM and Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT). The collaboration aims to… Read More