While most farmers are yet to adjust to new prices of some hybrid seeds on the market, Seed Trade Association of Malawi (STAM) says many manufacturers will announce new prices of the products between August and September.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has started repatriating 304 Ethiopian nationals detained for illegal entry, in an exercise expected to run from 7 to 14 August, with the aim of easing prison overcrowding.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Malawi is facing serious economic difficulties, including unsustainable debt, high inflation, and dangerously low foreign reserves.
A recent Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) investigation has revealed serious human rights violations at Mikuyu 1 Prison in Zomba—abuses said to have occurred with the full knowledge and consent of prison authorities.
Hundreds of the Catholic faithful from all over Malawi on Tuesday thronged the Our Lady of Africa, Maula Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe for the first ever National Eucharistic Congress.