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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.
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.