The Ministry of Health says it is monitoring the situation in other countries following the outbreak of Monkeypox in other countries to prevent the disease from spreading to Malawi.

The Ministry of Agriculture Thursday seconded its Deputy Director of Agriculture Extension Services, Dr. Jerome Chim’gonda Nkhoma, to Agriculture, Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) to serve as its new interim General Manager.

The Ministry of Health has this morning started the administration of the Cholera vaccine in eight districts.

The Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe has granted bail to former Chief Executive Officer for the Tobacco Commission Kayisi Sadala.

Thieves in the wee hours of today stole a vehicle and computers at the bishop’s house at the Zomba Cathedral of the Catholic Church.

The Minister of finance Sosten Gwengwe says government remains optimistic about the resumption of the International Monetary Fund’s credit funding to the country.

The education sector has been hit hard in Mangochi where at least 28 schools have been damaged by stormy rains rendering classrooms not habitable hence forcing that learning be conducted in the open.

Social and youth rights activists have spoken against the use of walk-in interviews to recruit people in various positions in the ministry of local government which started Tuesday.

Government has recommended to parliament the removal of the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority board of directors for what it says was an irregular appointment of the current MERA chief executive officer Henry Kachaje.

Business owners that operate in Palm Rock Mall and Corporate Mall in Lilongwe have expressed frustration at the closure of the two buildings by the Malawi Revenue Authority MRA over nonpayment of income taxes.