Poachers surrender 40 home made guns to Malawi police
Poachers in the north have surrendered over 40 home made guns to authorities in a programme that signals a ceasefire in the battle against poaching in protected areas in the region. [caption...
View ArticleMalawi President opens tobacco market amid high prospects
President Peter Mutharika has re-iterated remarks that he will do all he can to support tobacco farmers and the tobacco industry in the country for the good of concerned stakeholders and that of the...
View ArticleMalawi tobacco prices hit US$1.84per kg: Mutharika warns of cosmetic first...
Tobacco prices in Malawi hit US$1.84per kilogram as President Peter Mutharika opened the auction floors on Wednesday giving a ray hope of better prices for the leaf this year. [caption...
View ArticleMalawi to start receiving food aid: 5 powerful international NGOs back...
Malawi should start receiving food aid and other relief items after five powerful international NGOs backed President Peter Mutharika's decision to declare a state of national disaster following...
View ArticleLow tobacco prices baffles Farmers Union of Malawi as APM opens ‘ujeni’
Farmers organisation, the Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) has expressed dismay over the low tobacco prices on the first day of tobacco sales in Lilongwe. [caption id="attachment_107630"...
View ArticleAPM orders Malawi water boards to venture into large scale irrigation
President Peter Mutharika has directed all water boards in the country to venture into large scale irrigation programmes to avert persistent food shortages in the country blamed on El Nino weather...
View ArticleDevalue kwacha to raise tobacco prices, experts urge Reserve Bank of Malawi
Economics and agricultural experts are urging the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) devalue the kwacha during this tobacco selling season to raise up the dwindling leaf prices that has put farmers in...
View ArticleFacebook founder hail 10-year-old Malawian app developer Panache Jere: Team...
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has hailed a 10 year-old Malawian app developer, Panashe Jere for his achievements at the Facebook F8 conference where he also met him. [caption id="attachment_105468"...
View ArticleMalawi main airport KIA blacklisted: SAA cancels flights to Lilongwe
Kamuzu International Airport (KIA), Malawi’s major international airport, being blacklisted international airlines over aviation safety issues with South African Airways (SAA) cancelling flights on...
View ArticleNo ban for cement imports: Malawi govt justifies licences
Malawi government has justified its decision to give licences on the importation of cement - a critical ingredient in the construction industry – saying there is no ban for the importation of the...
View ArticleAPM pleads with Malawians to honour water bills, stop illegal connections
President Peter Mutharika on Friday pleaded with Malawians to embrace the culture of honouring water bills. [caption id="attachment_107818" align="alignright" width="600"] President Peter Mutharika is...
View ArticleTCC summons tobacco buyers, farmers as Limbe Auctions open
Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) officials are upbeat that differences rocking the sale of tobacco would be history following what they describe as successful the meeting of representatives of buyers...
View ArticleKapito faults APM on ‘Buy Malawi’ campaign: ‘Establish Consumer Protection...
Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) Executive Director John Kapito has advised President Arthur Peter Muntharika to institute a Consumer Protection Council or else the 'Buy Malawi Strategy' (BMS)...
View ArticleMutharika calls for evidence based policies: Inaugurates Africa third Cabinet...
President Professor Peter Mutharika has challenged Chief Secretaries and senior government officials in Africa to implement evidence based policies and only those that would bear fruits to the...
View ArticleMozambique refugees relocation to permanent camp begins in Malawi
Relocation of Mozambican refugees fleeing civil war to Malawi started with the first group moved from Nsanje to Luwani in Neno last week. [caption id="attachment_107924" align="alignright"...
View ArticlePaladin denies water discharge at Kayerekera mine
Paladin Energy Limited has downplayed a Nyasa Times report that the floods terror in Karonga have resulted in the flooding of Kayerekela Uranium Mine tailing dams, a development that has sent shivers...
View ArticleTobacco high rejection rate, low prices: Chaponda warns against sabotage
Tobacco farmers in the south were on Monday left frustrated and in despair as tobacco buyers rejected 80 per cent of the gold leaf and most of the tobacco was sold at 80 cents. [caption...
View ArticleKaliati warns ‘deliver or revoke licenses’ of Malawi mobile phone operators,...
Information and Civic Education Minister Patricia Kaliati warned on Tuesday that the government through its regulatory body, the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra), would revoke...
View ArticleAfrican cabinet secretaries treated to Malawi cultural dinner
Delegates from almost 13 countries attending the Third Africa Cabinet Secretaries Roundtable Workshop at Bingu International Convention Center were on Monday night treated with a special cultural...
View ArticleAirtel Malawi donates towards flood survivors in Karonga, Mzuzu
Leading mobile phone service provider Airtel Malawi has come to the aid to thousands of households currently affected by floods in Karonga and the northern region city of Mzuzu. [caption...
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