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Parliament’s Public Appointments Committee has approved Fostino Maele as Malawi’s new Director of Public Prosecutions, with PAC Chair Felix Njawala saying the vetting focused on restoring public trust amid concerns over prosecution delays and discontinued cases.

New NAC findings show men continue to lag behind in HIV testing and treatment uptake. Health expert George Jobe is calling for targeted interventions, urging government to take services directly to workplaces, farms and other male-dominated areas to close the widening gap.

Malawi’s rollout of the new twice-a-year HIV prevention injection has stalled, leaving fishermen, migrant workers and other high-risk groups waiting longer for protection as funding cuts and regulatory delays slow progress.

National Bank of Malawi (NBM) – a leading banking institution in Malawi – has expressed commitment to providing startup capital to artisanal and small-scale miners to facilitate growth of the sector.

Mchinji District Agriculture Extension Coordination Committee (DAECC) has stressed the need for strong relationships and collaboration among stakeholders to sustain agriculture initiatives being implemented in the district.

A little known woman, Letina Kamwamba, has dragged Leader of Opposition and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential aspirant, Kondwani Nankhumwa, to court over child maintenance issues.