By John Kourkoutas Often overlooked on the global stage, Malawi is a hidden gem in Southern Africa – precisely because it is under the radar, it...
By Danilo Desiderio A recent trade dispute between Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa has thrust the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) into the spotlight, underscoring...
Malawi has temporarily banned the export of gemstones and precious minerals as part of a sweeping reform to improve transparency and efficiency in its mining sector,...
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has named Michael Usi as the new vice president, following the tragic death of Saulos Chilima in a plane crash on June...
AP | Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people died when the small military plane they were traveling in crashed in bad weather in...
AP | A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others went missing Monday and a search was underway, the president’s office said. The plane...
By Gregory Simpkins The South China Morning Post reported on March 29, 2024 that by 2050, it is projected that only a quarter of countries in...
By Caroline Kimeu When Ugandans Maureen Agena and Edward Echwalu arrived at the Lesotho border during their five-month road trip across east and southern Africa, the...
Reuters | Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested and charged the country’s Vice President Saulos Chilima over graft allegations, it said on Friday, following months of investigation...
By Gregory Simpkins I attended the first Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) in New York recently. It was well produced and well attended, and I got...
Bloomberg | Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera fired his head of police and said he won’t delegate duties to Vice President Saulos Chilima after they were named...
Chakwera dissolved his entire cabinet this week, saying some ministers had to account for graft accusations made against them.
The Bahamas government has reversed its policy of imposing travel restrictions on persons coming from certain African countries, indicating that the decision had been taken due...
Malawian President Peter Mutharika addresses the nation shortly after he was sworn into office, June 2, 2014. PHOTO/AFP Newly elected Malawian President Peter Mutharika has vetoed...
By Jimmy Kainja Malawian President Peter Mutharika addresses the nation shortly after he was sworn into office, June 2, 2014. PHOTO/AFP Slightly over 20 years ago,...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the new Malawi government to implement policies that support economic recovery and also lower inflation. Opposition leader, Peter Mutharika,...
Newly elected Malawian President Peter Mutharika, signs a document as he takes an oath of office. PHOTO/Amos Gumulira/AFP Peter Mutharika, the brother of the late President...
Malawi President-Elect Peter Mutharika with his supporters during the presidential campaign. PHOTO/Malawi Voice Peter Mutharika, the brother of Malawi’s former leader, was declared the winner of...
Malawi President Joyce Banda has ordered the nullification of presidential and parliamentary election results, citing what she says are irregularities. The president says the action is...
Political parties in Malawi are protesting the government’s decision to publicize preliminary election results while voting is still underway. Presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi says he has...
Incumbent Malawian President, Joyce Banda casts her vote during the country’s presidential election. PHOTO/Amos Gumulira/AFP Malawians vote today on whether to give Joyce Banda another 5...
Malawi President Joyce Banda at a campaign stop. PHOTO/Amos Gumulira/AFP Incumbent Malawi President Joyce Banda, on Tuesday night, stayed away from the presidential debate which was...
Malawi, a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that borders Zambia, Tanzania, and Mozambique, is one of the poorest in Africa. Colonized by the British in the...
Voter casts ballot in Mali presidential election, November 24, 2013. PHOTO/Habibou Kouyate/AFP African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has approved an observer mission to South...
Malawi’s Electoral Commission (MEC) plans to release a preliminary voters list on Monday to allow prospective voters to verify their information before the May 20 general...
Africa now has three female heads of state, after Catherine Samba-Panza of the Central African Republic took office in January. Though women leaders are still a...
RapidSMS data flow. IMAGE/Technology for Humanity A technological innovation to boost Malawi’s food security surveillance 4 years ago has become a secure tool in the area...
Malawi President Joyce Banda Malawi President Joyce Banda dissolved the cabinet on Thursday after police arrested several junior officials in her government in recent weeks on...
Officials in Malawi and Tanzania have gone on the record and vowed to resolve their border dispute diplomatically. The dispute involves the owner ship of Lake...
(Reuters) – Seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa, have cut the number of new HIV infections in children by 50 percent since 2009, the United Nations AIDS...
Malawi President Joyce Banda Malawi’s presidential jet has been auctioned off to a Virgin Islands company for US$15 million, after the cash-strapped government disposed of it...
Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete (l) with Malawi President Joyce Banda (r) Malawi President Joyce Banda has said that her country was giving up on mediation efforts...
Malawi’s courts on Wednesday charged 12 top government officials and former cabinet ministers with treason for an alleged coup plot last year following the sudden death...
Malawi has suspended laws against same-sex relationships on Monday and ordered police not to arrest gays and same-sex couples pending a decision on whether to repeal...
Malawi President Joyce Banda Malawi President Joyce Banda announced that she will take a 30 percent pay cut to show that she will sacrifice personally as...
Malawi President Joyce Banda will meet her Tanzania counterpart, Jakaya Kikwete, in the next two days to discuss a dispute over Lake Malawi, where oilexploration is...
Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir The African Union will move a July summit from Malawi if the country keeps up its efforts to block the attendance...
Malawi President.,Joyce Banda Malawi’s new president Joyce Banda has announced she will repeal her southern African country’s ban on homosexual acts. President Joyce Banda’s announcement during...
African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – The head of the African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Sunday he is willing to provide US$45...
Malawi President., Joyce Banda. PHOTO/File Malawi’s new President Joyce Banda says she has opened an investigation into the 2011 death of an activist who had criticized...
Malawi President., Joyce Banda. PHOTO/File Malawi’s Vice-President Joyce Banda has been sworn in as president following her predecessor’s sudden death in office. Saturday’s brief ceremony in...
former Malawi President., Bingu wa Mutharika. PHOTO/File Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika died after suffering a heart attack, political and hospital sources said on Friday, but...
Malawi President., Bingu wa Mutharika. PHOTO/File Malawi’s president was hospitalized Thursday with a heart problem, officials said. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because...
The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) as met with its African member states, as part of its continental fundraising efforts. The consultations on the fringes of...
Zambia’s new president, Michael Sata (pictured), said on Saturday he would not travel to Malawi for a regional summit because his counterpart had failed to apologise...
Vodacom of South Africa is currently in discussions with Telekom Networks Malawi Ltd. (TNM) about buying a stake in the company. This has been revealved by...
A pro-democracy campaigner trumped the ruling party candidate on Wednesday in a critical by-election that signals increasing opposition to President Bingu wa Mutharika‘s seven-year rule of...
The president of Malawi has dissolved his Cabinet of more than 40 ministers and deputies without giving any reason.
JOHANNESBURG — A Malawian human rights activist said Friday he is in hiding after being threatened before last week’s violent protests in this southern African country....
