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

August 27, 2014 Global AuthorAnthony Kasunda, Limbani Moya, Malawi, Saulos Chilima, South Africa

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

August 26, 2014 Global AuthorCashgate, Malawi, Peter Mutharika

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

August 20, 2014 Global AuthorJimmy Kainja, Joyce Banda, Malawi Elections, Mutharika, Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki

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’

August 12, 2014 Global AuthorJoyce Banda, Kikwete, Lake Malawi, Malawi, Peter Mutharika, Tanzania, United nations

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

In Malawi mysterious fire guts electoral body warehouse as recount fight rage on

July 15, 2014 Global Authorlilongwe, Malawi, Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Malawi Electoral Commission, MEC, Paul Kagame, Peter Mutharika, Willie Kalonga

Blantyre, Malawi, July 15 (AGV) _ A mysterious fire in the wee hours of Tuesday gutted a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse in the capital, Lilongwe, reducing to ashes millions worth of electoral materials. Crucially, some of the destroyed materials were ballot papers which were subject for a recount in a disputed parliamentary result in one of the constituencies in... Read More

Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima appears to be implicated in the famed “CashGate” Scandals

July 15, 2014 Global AuthorCashgate, Luke Kasamba, Malawi, Maxwell Namata, Saulos Chilima

LILONGWE (AGV) -- Malawi vice president Saulos Chilima has been implicated in the cashgate scandal, Malawi's historical fraud which saw over US$100 million of public money getting lost in inexplicable means between 2012 and 2013. Chilima had tight business links with one Maxwell Namata, one of the big fishes considered to have played major roles in the scam when he... Read More

It’s official! It’s Peter Mutharika new Malawi President

May 30, 2014 Global AuthorAtupele Muluzi, Joyce Banda, Lazarus Chakwera, Peter Mutharika

BLANTYRE, May 30 (Marapost) – Its official! Its Peter Mutharika. The embattled Malawi Electoral Commission on Friday declared Mutharika the winner of the 2014 disputed poll, after he bagged 1,904,398 votes against his runners-up Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party, who got 1,455,880 votes. Mutharika’s win was by 36.4 percent, while Chakwera trailed at 27.8 percent. Read More

Bated breath as Malawians wait court ruling, results announcement

May 30, 2014 Global AuthorDPP, Joyce Banda, Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda, Mbendera, MCP, Peter Mutharika

BLANTYRE, May 30 (AGV) –Malawians are under bated breath as they await the high court ruling on Friday after the end of hearing of submissions in a case which will determine whether the Malawi Electoral Commission has powers to extend the period in which it can announce the results or recount the votes following an electoral dispute that has damaged the reputation... Read More

Court nullifies Malawi president’s suspension of elections

May 25, 2014 Global AuthorAtupele Muluzi, Chakwera, Joyce Banda, Malawi Elections, Peter Mutharik

Blantyre, Malawi; May 25(AGV) _ The High Court in Blantyre has set aside President Joyce Banda's proclamation to nullify Tuesday's closely fought elections. "I hereby grant a stay order against the presidential proclamation stopping the elections on the account that she does not have powers under the Constitution to stop the elections," ruled High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda in Blantyre Saturday... Read More

Malawi President Joyce Banda demands manual vote recount, alleges ‘massive rigging’

May 22, 2014 Global AuthorBingu WA Mutharika, Chakwera, Joyce Banda, Malawi Elections, MEC, Peter Mutharika

Blantyre, Malawi, May 22 (AGV) _ Malawi President Joyce Banda, facing possible defeat at the polls, Thursday demanded a manual recount of the Tuesday vote "in order to have a free and fair election". Speaking from her official Kamuzu Palace in the capital, Lilongwe, Banda alleged that the election was being rigged. “It has come to my attention that there... Read More