A device aimed at measuring the body’s immune
response to HIV on site could ‘revolutionise’ Aids care in poor, under-resourced areas.
The gay couple in Malawi, who were spared a prison sentence by a pardon, said on Tuesday they have split nearly six months after the wedding.
A Malawian gay couple who received a presidential pardon for sodomy have called President Bingu wa Mutharika a "caring father".
A gay couple from Malawi have kept out of the public eye after being pardoned and freed, in what a relative said was a deliberate decision.
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika on Saturday pardoned a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in jail after he held a meeting with the UN’s Ban Ki-moon.
Readers react to Zapiro’s Prophet Muhammed cartoon and a spokesperson for Minister Sicelo Shiceka takes on the <i><I>M&G</I></i> after our expose.
The United States, Europe and rights groups expressed outrage and alarm on Friday at Malawi’s jailing of a married gay couple.
The UN’s top human rights official has condemned the sentencing of two gay men in Malawi as "blatantly discriminatory".
A Malawi court has sentenced a gay couple to the maximum 14 years in prison for unnatural acts and gross indecency.
A gay couple in Malawi was found guilty on Tuesday of unnatural acts and gross indecency after a trial that drew worldwide condemnation.
We believe a change in the way we do things could bring a revolution to the world we live in and that is what the Southern Africa Trust works for.
Malawi church leaders say that homosexuality is "sinful" and urge Western nations to withdraw threats to halt aid to the Southern Africa country.
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/ 24 February 2010
Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday refused to hear the case of a gay couple arrested for holding the nation’s first public same-sex wedding.
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/ 16 February 2010
Police in Malawi say they have arrested a 60-year-old man in what they describe as a sweep against homosexuals.
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/ 13 February 2010
In a land dispute pitting Madonna against Malawian villagers, the government has sided with the pop star, saying it had planned to develop the plot.
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/ 11 February 2010
Malawian officials said on Thursday that they have moved scores of villagers from land where US pop diva Madonna plans to build a girls academy.
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/ 3 February 2010
A man has been arrested for putting up posters championing gay rights, police said, adding they were searching for others involved in the campaign.
A series of quakes has left people too frightened to sleep indoors until a geological survey is concluded.
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/ 19 January 2010
Malawi on Tuesday defended the country’s first trial of a newly wed gay couple charged with "gross indecency".
A court in Malawi on Monday denied bail to two men arrested after becoming the first gay couple to marry in the conservative African country.
If its wildlife is to be preserved, more income from the tourists who flock to safari parks must find its way to local people.
The first gay couple to marry in Malawi face a humiliating medical examination aimed at proving they have had sexual relations.
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/ 28 December 2009
Two Malawian men became the first gay couple to publicly tie the knot, the Nation newspaper reported on Monday.
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/ 21 December 2009
Malawi on Monday launched an emergency appeal for food and tents for victims of a strong weekend earthquake.
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/ 21 December 2009
A strong earthquake has destroyed several buildings in Malawi, killing at least three people and injuring about 200, a government official said.
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/ 1 December 2009
Malawi has again postponed local elections that are constitutionally required to be held by May 2010, the local government minister said on Tuesday.
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/ 3 November 2009
“He has demonstrated visionary yet practical effort, working with all sectors of the society to propel Malawi into a bright new era of hope,”
Vast swaths of a once-fertile country have become wastelands and life for rural Malawians is now even tougher, reports Nicole Johnston.
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/ 22 September 2009
Malawi has received a -million grant from the World Bank to prevent new HIV infections, the bank said on Tuesday.
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/ 13 September 2009
An African cellphone hotline that reports when clinics are out of essential drugs could be the solution to government denialism.
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/ 11 September 2009
Foreign tobacco buyers who are paying less than agreed-upon prices for tobacco are the ”enemy of the people”, said Malawi’s president.
Malawi’s president on Friday threatened to sack or jail any of his new ministers found guilty of corruption.