malawi Stories
In a statement issued late Wednesday, the AUC chairperson congratulated the president-elect on a "landmark election," and lauded the southern African...
Rising inflation, unemployment, and currency shortages have fueled widespread frustration among Malawians, setting the stage for Peter Mutharika's pol...
Earlier, Chakwera conceded defeat to his 85-year-old predecessor
With defeat looming, President Lazarus Chakwera risks becoming Malawi's third one-term president in little more than a decade.
Partial results place the Democratic Progressive Party candidate well ahead of incumbent President Lazarus Chakwera, whose pastor-turned-politician im...
Electoral commission chairperson Annabel Mtalimanja said nearly 98 per cent of results had been received but cautioned that premature declarations by...
The contest has been shaped less by ideology than by voters' frustrations over long queues at petrol stations and a rising cost of living.
President Lazarus Chakwera is seeking a second term in an election being closely watched internationally, particularly after the annulment of the 2019...
The bond scheme, set to take effect on August 20, requires applicants from the two southern African nations to deposit between $5,000 (Sh644,424) and...
This latest move marks a de-escalation of tensions after what had initially appeared to be a brewing trade row among the SADC partners.
The trade measures include a complete ban on both the export and import of agricultural commodities between Tanzania and the two countries. In Malawi’...
All three countries — Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa — are members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), raising concerns about gr...
The troops are part of a contingent of soldiers from the Southern African regional bloc (SAMIDRC) deployed in eastern DR Congo to neutralise armed gro...
The UNHCR is struggling to feed existing refugees in Malawi due to a funding crisis at the UN's World Food Programme
Chakwera was abroad on a two-day visit to Mozambique at the time of Mutharika's endorsement, followed by attendance at the SADC summit in Zimbabwe.
Malawi's political system requires a presidential candidate to secure more than 50 per cent of the votes to be declared winner.
Chilima, 51, was laid to rest in his village of Nsipe in the district of Ntcheu, about 160 km (100 miles) southeast of the capital, Lilongwe.
Chilima, of Ngoni descent, was born on February 12, 1973, in Ntcheu District, central Malawi. He had a wife, Mary, and two children.
Chilima, along with nine others lost their lives after the military plane they were travelling in crashed in Chikangawa Forest in Mzimba in the northe...
Aviation authorities had failed to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar.
"I have given strict orders that the operation should continue until the plane is found. I'm holding on to every fibre of hope that we'll find survivo...
Efforts by aviation authorities to establish contact with the aircraft that went off-radar have been unsuccessful.
