Southern African Development Community leaders have neglected to use an opportunity to lead from the front, following Bingu wa Mutharika’s passing.
Malawi may have a new president, but its old problems remain, and Joyce Banda is under pressure to tackle currency and fuel shortages without delay.
President Joyce Banda has revealed a shake-up of top officials charged with government finances and media, purging loyalists of the former regime.
Malawi’s new President Joyce Banda has fired the nation’s police chief and hired a new one, two days after she took office.
Malawi will swear in it’s first female leader Joyce Banda, who is described as a fierce critic of deceased president Bingu wa Mutharika.
State sources say Malawi leader Bingu wa Mutharika has died after being rushed to Lilongwe Hospital during a heart attack but was dead on arrival.
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has been rushed to hospital after collapsing and remains in a "very serious" condition, medical sources say.
Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika has responded to calls for him to resign by saying he could rule his destitute Southern Africa state ‘forever’.
A critic of President Bingu wa Mutharika, who says thugs were sent to petrol bomb his office, has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and torture.
Southern African foreign ministers discussed the deadlocked polls for a new African Union head and to chart the bloc’s strategy for the next vote.
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/ 25 January 2012
Villagers in south Malawi have fled their flooded homes as the Shire and Ruo rivers burst their banks due to Mozambique’s deadly cyclone.
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/ 11 January 2012
Malawi has signed a $1-billion deal with Brazil’s Vale for the construction of a rail line to transport 18-million tonnes of coal from Mozambique.
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/ 10 January 2012
The International Monetary Fund has told Malawi to devalue its kwacha to address its foreign exchange shortage and stem its thriving black market.
Malawi’s courts have ground to a halt as some 2 000 judicial workers begin an indefinite strike over work conditions and higher pay, organisers say.
The African Parks Network reintroduced over 2 500 animals to the Majete Wildlife Reserve after poachers almost wiped out the animal population.
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/ 25 November 2011
<b>Sean Christie</b> and <b>Lisa King</b> travelled to Malawi to find out the fate of the iconic Mount Mulanji cedar.
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/ 25 November 2011
If appropriate research-based management practices are not found, the Mount Mulanje will be without its signature tree in a few years.
Things have gone very wrong for Malawi’s president and that could cripple the government’s ability to deliver subsidised fertiliser and seed farmers.
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/ 20 October 2011
A short history of Malawi’s maize seed and fertilizer project called Malawi’s Input Subsidy Programme.
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/ 13 October 2011
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir arrived in Malawi on Thursday for a regional trade summit, despite the international war crimes warrant against him.
Human Rights Watch has asked Malawi to arrest Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir on an international war crimes warrant if he goes to the trade summit this week.
Zambian President Michael Sata will not travel to Malawi for a regional summit because his counterpart hasn’t apologised for having him expelled
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.