St Egidio alms Zomba Maximum Prison
A lay Christian movement, the Community of Sant Egidio, on Saturday donated 500 kilograms of maize flour and 150 kilograms of beans to Zomba Maximum Prison to complement the facility’s efforts to provide adequate food to the inmates.
Health rights movements ask WHO to stop closed-door meetings with alcohol lobbyists
Leading global health rights movements have called upon the World Health Organization (WHO) to stop engaging with alcohol companies and their lobbyists, arguing repeated efforts by alcohol producers to undermine public health reforms are contributing to the rising number of premature deaths of productive people around the world.
IFAD to support 70, 000 cyclone affected farmers
The International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD says it intends to reach out to at least 40, 000 farmers who were affected by the effects of cyclone Freddy with more than USD8 million (around MK8 billion).
African countries urged to collaborate in addressing climate change issues
Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change, Michael Usi has urged African countries to work in collaboration in addressing climate change issues particularly the loss and damage that comes as one of climate change impacts.
Habitat for humanity assists 430 households with temporary shelter materials
Habitat for humanity has donated shelter materials to 430 Cyclone Freddy survivors’ households from Traditional Authority Jenala in Phalombe district to help them construct temporary houses.
Cops behind thriving ‘black market’ sale of fuel
Police officers are behind the thriving illegal sale of fuel and other petroleum products, a trade that is worsening fuel scarcity in Malawi.
Sunseed Oils Limited, GFRF join Operation Tigwirane Manja: Donate MK60m worth of relief supplies
Sunseed Oils Limited and Faizan Global Relief Foundation (FGRF) – a welfare organization and working independently, and striving to help people who are suffering from catastrophes –have joined Operation Tigwirane Manja in an effort to fast-track provision of relief supplies to survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy.
UDF geared to transform the country – Banda
United Democratic Front (UDF) Vice President for Eastern Region Hasheem Banda says the party is geared to transform the country to another level as the incumbent leadership has failed miserably.
Governance activists question Trapence morality to criticize Tonse Alliance government
Social media commentators have questioned the morality of human rights activist Gift Trapence to accuse President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera and his Tonse Alliance government of failing to manage the economy and stifling people’s liberties.
Tropical Cyclone Freddy worsens food security in Malawi, leaves poorest households most affected – ...
A report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS-NET) has established that Tropical Cyclone Freddy has worsened Malawi's food security situation, leaving the poorest households the most affected.
Chakwera walks the talk on electricity
President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera's words that power outages will be a thing of the past is coming to pass following resumption of electricity generation at Kapichira Hydro Power Station.
President Chakwera, ITU Secretary General Doreen Bogdan-Martin discuss digital transformation for Malawi
Malawi President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera on Monday afternoon held discussions with Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, on how Malawi and ITU can work together to develop information communication technology (ICT) in the country.
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