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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.
The Malawi Supreme Court will next month hear an appeal by Madonna over her failed bid to adopt a second child, a court official said on Monday.
The EU is sending 55 observers to monitor Malawi’s May 19 general election, in which President Bingu Wa Mutharik is vying for a new term in office.
Malawi’s ex-president Bakili Muluzi has formed an alliance with the party that he toppled 15 years ago, officials said on Thursday.
This is the story of two single mothers in Malawi — one unknown and dirt poor, the other famous and unimaginably wealthy.
Wealthy, famous, fabulous at 50 — but not a mother of four. Pop star extraordinaire Madonna lost a bid on Friday to adopt a second child from Malawi.
A judge has rejected Madonna’s request to adopt a second child from Malawi because of a requirement that prospective parents live there for 18 months.
While Madonna waits to hear on Friday if she can adopt a second child from impoverished Malawi, one person has given the pop diva his blessing.
Madonna has confirmed her attempts to adopt a young Malawian girl and said through a spokesperson that she is following standard procedures.
Madonna is expected in Malawi on Sunday as the star’s plans to adopt a girl as her second child from the country begin to draw criticism.
Madonna is planning to adopt a second child from Malawi, but questions have already been raised over whether the pop star will face obstacles.
Malawi’s former president Bakili Muluzi vowed on Saturday to fight the election commission’s decision to bar him from running for president.
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/ 28 January 2009
Bakili Muluzi asserted his innocence in a corruption probe on Wednesday, describing plans to prosecute him as a plot to stop him contesting elections.
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/ 14 January 2009
SMS technology is now being used by health workers in Africa to monitor nutrition levels in their communities.
Severe food insecurity afflicts at least 40% of people in Southern Africa, and rural communities are especially vulnerable.
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/ 5 November 2008
Police have arrested a health worker at St Luke’s Hospital near Mount Malosa in southern Malawi for using unauthorised drugs on 20 patients.
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/ 22 October 2008
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika, who is leading a minority government, has been endorsed as his party’s candidate in 2009’s presidential vote.
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/ 18 October 2008
Malawian authorities said on Saturday they had closed a private radio station recently taken over former president Bakili Muluzi.
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/ 12 October 2008
Malawi has suspended extra monthly payments to its 38 000 HIV-positive civil servants, a government official said on Saturday.
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/ 18 September 2008
Raphael Mweninguwe is forced into a close encounter with the notorious township ‘taxi’.
A nationwide drive in Malawi to get up to seven million citizens on to a fresh voters’ register got off to a slow start on Monday.
Malawi is hoping to enrol seven million people on to its new voters’ roll when registration for next year’s general election opens this month.
Malawi is set to benefit from about -million and part of a -billion farm input fund from the African Development Bank.
No longer the preserve of salty pub snacks, the humble peanut is enjoying a moment in the culinary limelight, says Allegra McEvedy.
National budget becomes a political football in party squabble, putting vital foreign aid payments at risk.
Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has suspended the opposition-dominated Parliament over its failure to pass the budget.
Bakili Muluzi, the former Malawian head of state, faces an uphill battle in his bid to become the country’s president for the third time in next year’s presidential election.
Ellen Machemba has a mop of curly hair and vivacious eyes, though at the moment they are troubled. She is talking about sex work.
Former Malawian president Bakili Muluzi, who had been under house arrest over an alleged coup plot, was freed on bail on Friday after a judge said there was no reason to fear he would try to flee justice. Muluzi was ordered to post bail of 000 and report to police once a month as well as inform them of any plans to travel outside Blantyre.
Former Malawi president Bakili Muluzi has accused the government of fabricating a treason case against him for political reasons and demanded that a court give him bail unconditionally. Muluzi made the charge in a court filing on Tuesday, two days after he was arrested on suspicion of being involved in a plot to overthrow the government.
Malawi’s former president Bakili Muluzi on Tuesday laughed off accusations that he was trying to topple his successor as his lawyers launched a high court bid to end his house arrest. Muluzi has denied any knowledge of documents which purportedly linked him to a coup against President Bingu wa Mutharika.