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Category: Malawi

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

Malawi ebola screening on 244 Ilala passengers come back negative at Nkhatabay Hospital

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Nkatabay, Malawi, January 26 (MaraviPost):Ebola results following mandatory screening conducted on 244 people at the Nkhatabay District hospital have come back negative, officials have said.  “Intensive screening for ebola on people who had disembarked from the MV Ilala came out negative for the virus” District Heath Officer for Nkhata Bay Dr. Albert Mkandawire said with a sigh of relief during... Read More

Malawi President Peter Mutharika visits Chikwawa flood victims

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Chikhwawa, January 22, 2015: President Professor Peter Mutharika on Wednesday visited some of the people that were affected by recent flooding at Tizola Camp in Chikwawa district. Speaking at the camp where people from the areas of village headmen Tizola, Nyakayekha and Thedzi are being kept, the President described the flooding as a new phenomenon for the country. In Chikwawa... Read More

Heavy Floods across Malawi have caused many to be displaced, Emergency help needed for many

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The areas that were once affected and assessed by some members of the District Civil Protection Committee as led by the District Commissioner, indicated a total of 301 households affected so far by 6th January, 2015. The households affected are from GVH Medrum under T/A Mulilima, GVH Nkhwazi under Senior Chief Ngabu, GVH M’bande under T/A Maseya, GVH Mafale, and... Read More

Malawi researchers to tap into GSK’s £4m for cancer, diabetes

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Health researchers from Malawi are in line to tap from a £4m first round of funding that one of the world’s leading pharmaceuticals firms GSK has made available for eight African countries to research into non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes and chronic kidney disease. GSK said on Friday it has launched the first call for proposals for its... Read More

Malawi’s outspoken MP Jessie Kabwila wants Mutharika to fire greedy Ministers

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(AGV)—Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Jessie Kabwila has asked president Peter Mutharika to fire his cabinet ministers for proposing a 583 percent pay hike which would see them carting home K3.5 million a month. According to Kabwila, the ministers’ proposal is a clear sign that they are insensitive and extravagant; as such they cannot be trusted with the country’s limited... Read More

Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima to tee-off in support of ailing journalist Limbani Moya

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Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima has joined hands with Friends of Limbani, a taskforce of professionals in various fields, to raise funds in support of ailing veteran journalist Limbani Moya. Moya was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2012 and has since then been undergoing treatment at various hospitals in the country and South Africa. He currently goes for dialysis at... Read More

Malawians react with anger at ministers’ proposal to hike salary to K3.5 million

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BLANTYRE, Aug 26: Ordinary Malawians contacted by our reporters have reacted angry to a proposal that ministers to hike their salaries, describing it as “pure madness” by some and “daylight robbery” by others. The ministers, through a memo written by acting chief secretary Willie Samute to President APM, sought to raise the salary of a minister from K600 to K3.5... Read More

Joyce Banda lost elections because she took people’s goodwill for granted

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William Gumede, author of Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC Recently wrote a piece for The Guardian’s “Comment is Free” on why he thinks “ Obama has let Africa down.” Unfortunately, there is still a section of Africans who think Obama owes the continent something simply because his father was from Kenya. Yet, Obama is... Read More

Malawi’s Mutharika rules out war with Tanzania over disputed lake but insists ‘lake issue is non-negotiable’

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Blantyre, Malawi, Aug. 12 (Raphael Tenthani/AGV) _ Malawi President Peter Mutharika Tuesday ruled out going to war with neighbouring Tanzania over the disputed border over Lake Malawi but insisted the issue of the lake, Africa's third largest fresh-water lake, is non-negotiable. Read More