The IMF says it is ready to discuss working with Malawi to try to get its stalled IMF aid programme back on track.
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/ 5 September 2011
Two-wheeled transport rivals cars outside of big cities in Malawi, where simple bikes with a few bells and whistles are used to ferry even the sick.
Bingu wa Mutharika has sacked his 42 member Cabinet and taken over all portfolios weeks after deadly anti-government riots killed 19 people.
Zimbabwean and Swaziland activists have slammed the failure of the SADC summit to act on political crises threatening their countries.
Southern African leaders holding a two day regional summit in Luanda have wrapped up their talks ahead of schedule.
One of the key witnesses is a known information peddler with links to intelligence agencies.
To counteract the weak local market, South Africa-based construction firms are looking to Africa to export their services and expertise.
Madonna’s $15-million academy dream to groom girls into Malawi’s next leaders was ditched in a cloud over misused funds, leaving locals disgruntled.
President Mutharika faces further protests and a loss of desperately needed aid if he fails to address Malawi’s problems, civil groups and the US say.
Malawians overwhelmingly re-elected their president two years ago. Now Bingu wa Mutharika’s forces are blamed for killing at least 19 demonstrators.
In a move that could further inflame opposition, President Mutharika’s brother has been endorsed as a candidate in the 2014 presidential election.
Malawi risks going down the same road as regional basket case Zimbabwe, said the leader of recent anti-government protests that left 19 dead.
The US has withheld $350-million in funding to Malawi following the death of 19 people during two days of public protests last week.
Malawi journalists were beaten by police in churches and hospitals in Lilongwe, and were blamed for the demonstrations that swept the country last week.
The deadly anti-government riots against President Bingu wa Mutharika in Malawi are a signal that public anger will not be silenced.
Malawi’s president has threatened opposition leaders, accusing them of treason and blaming them for the deaths of at least 18 people.
After initially forbidding a mass funeral for people slain in anti-government protests to take place, Malawi authorities have had a change of heart.
Shops are shuttered and troops on the street in Malawi, after anti-Mutharika protests left 18 people dead, drawing reproach from the global community.
Two days of protests have left at least 10 people dead in unprecedented levels of unrest in Malawi.
Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika on Thursday refused to step down as seven people were killed in violent anti-government protests.
Malawi erupted in protest against President Bingu wa Mutharika, as police fired tear gas and bullets to break up crowds who were torching buildings.
Top tennis star Roger Federer has launched a $3.3-million project that seeks to put 54 000 children in school in Malawi over the next 10 years.
Parliamentarians in Malawi are pushing a law that would triple their salaries, saying they require the increase to meet the needs of their communities
When Kanthukako Supaunyolo’s grandson woke up in the night with a nosebleed, his parents were enraged by what they saw as a bad omen.
Malawi’s president says his country has "initiated dialogue" with Britain aimed at defusing a spat that saw the countries expel each other’s envoys.
Oxfam’s money transfer scheme in Malawi gives vulnerable citizens access to basic foodstuffs. The NGO’s <b>Nicole Johnston</b> visits the country.
Despite the poverty-stricken country’s avowed intentions, it is dependent on the crop and those who must pick it.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague expelled the acting high commissioner of Malawi on Wednesday in a tit-for-tat move.
Britain has warned Malawi on Tuesday to avoid escalating a diplomatic spat after its ambassador criticised President Bingu wa Mutharika.
Britain’s envoy to Malawi has been asked to leave the country after he was quoted in a newspaper expressing concern about the president’s intolerance.
Malawi’s natural resources minister says Lynas is expected to mine for rare earth elements in the southern African country "as soon as possible".
Eight charity workers in Malawi are suing Madonna after the collapse of her $15-million academy for girls cost them their jobs.