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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

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Malawi: Schools reopen after cholera killed 750 people

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , ,
Academic work is resuming in primary and secondary schools in Malawi‘s two major cities following a cholera outbreak that killed hundreds of people. The cholera outbreak began in March last year and has so far killed more than 750 people. Schools in the capital, Lilongwe, and the commercial hub, Blantyre, had remained closed for at least two weeks after the… Read More
Malawi 

Talking Blues: Machiavellian leadership is the last thing Malawi needs today

Village Reporter,
Unreliable, shady, fly-by-night, deceitful, dishonest, disreputable, corrupt, crooked, dishonourable, dubious, duplicitous, questionable, dodgy, irresponsible, shifty, slippery, treacherous. Let’s add more: undependable, unprincipled, unreliable, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, cowboy, iffy, slimy, traitorous, underhand, unfaithful, unprofessional, double-dealing, two-faced, not to be relied upon, guileful, tricky, insincere, sneaky, not dependable, not to be depended on, fair-weather, false, two-timing, devious, fickle, untrusty, untrue, unsafe, conniving. A… Read More
Malawi 

Bridget Thapwile Soko stripped of Degree after burning  it in frustration for failing to get a job

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Malawian young woman has had her academic qualifications revoked after a video, in which she was seen burning her university degree as a show of frustration that she could not find a job, went viral on social media. Privately-run Exploits University to unprecedented action in the capital, Lilongwe, telling Bridget Thapwile Soko that it was disappointed with the video because… Read More
Malawi 

Malawi must provide equitable access to education for children with disabilities

Janet Karim,
by Janet Zeenat Karim It is no longer enough to have content knowledge or the love for teaching. (Parker J. Palmer “The Courage to Teach.” 2007) SIXTY-TWO years ago, my brother Robert was first removed by the education system due to his severe multiple disabilities. As my father was serving a one-year detention sentence in Khami Rhodesia, my mom was… Read More
Malawi 

Malawi Opposition Parties’ Union Imperative

Village Reporter, ,
By Tom Likambale An Afrobarometer poll published on August 30th 2022 indicates a serious erosion in support for the MCP-led Tonse Alliance government of President Lazarus Chakwera since its election in 2020. Among other things the poll found that 65% of Malawians thought the government’s performance to be worse than that of the previous DPP government of Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika. The… Read More
Malawi 

Malawi’s Public debt level worries All African Conference of Churches

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All African Conference of Churches (AACC) Economic Justice and Accountability Ambassador in Malawi, Reverend Baxton Maulidi has expressed sadness over the levels of the country’s public debt. Rev Maulidi was reacting to the recent report shared by the Minister of Finance Sostin Gwengwe that Malawi’s public debt as of May 2022 stood at 6.3 Trillion MWK from 5.7 trillion the… Read More
Malawi 

Shire River flood risk management project sets a benchmark in Malawi

Global Author,
3 October 2022: The implementation of locally relevant solutions and a national guideline for community-based flood risk management (FRM), aimed at communities and NGOs in the Lower Shire Valley in Malawi, is one of the first of its kind to be developed globally, as acknowledged by the Water ChangeMaker Awards. Leading consulting engineering and infrastructure advisory firm Zutari undertook the… Read More
Business Malawi 

Coke bottler commences operations in Malawi

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BLANTYRE, MALAWI, 5 September 2022 – Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Africa, commenced operations in Malawi on 29 August 2022. This follows the closing of the transaction with Castel (Southern Bottlers Limited, or SOBO) to acquire Castel’s soft drinks business through CCBA’s local subsidiary Coca-Cola Beverages Limited (CCBL). Jacques Vermeulen, CCBA CEO said, “We see a… Read More
Malawi OP-ED 

Malawi: Of leadership and this and that

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By Mapwiya Muulupale “If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the questions, and only five minutes finding the answers,” – Albert Einstein Before I delve into our discourse for this week, I want to reiterate that any assertion implying one can prosper in a country where the government is flying headless… Read More
Malawi OP-ED 

Malawi Women in politics – to dance or not to dance, that is the question!

Janet Karim,
By Janet Karim 1There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:…..4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, –– Ecclesiastics 3:1, 4 In the past, both in writing, speech, and recently on social media platforms, the traditional practice of women dancing for the… Read More