Stakeholders Worry of Teenage Pregnancies
As schools remain closed due to COVID-19 threats, there are fears some girls might fall pregnant and fail to go back to school going by their displayed behaviors.
VOICES Repairs Boreholes in Chikwawa
A youth centered organization, VOICES, has repaired boreholes in Chikwawa district with a call to communities to adhere to good hygiene practices in the wake of COVID 19.
Extension Workers Warn on Strike
Agricultural Technicians Union of Malawi (ATUM) has given government a 7 day ultimatum from Tuesday to positively address challenges extension workers are facing or stage a sit in.
Parties Pledge Peaceful Campaign
Political parties have pledged to hold peaceful campaign ahead of the forthcoming Fresh Presidential Election.
Red Cross Goes Door to Door on Covid-19
The Malawi Red Cross Society has started a door to door message dissemination campaign on Coronavirus to make sure that people have correct messages on the pandemic.
Save the Children Commit $800M For Covid-19 Response in Malawi
Save the Children says it has committed 800, 000 United States Dollars which is about 600 Million Kwacha to six districts in responding to children interventions in the wake of Covid-19.
CHRR Demands “ATI” Operationalization
Amid widespread reports of miss procurement, corruption and over expenditure of COVID-19 funds by government, the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation CHRR is demanding that government should operationalize the Access to Information ACT to ensure transparency and Accountability in its expenditure.
Concern Worldwide in Fight Against COVID-19
In response to the threat posed by the global COVID 19 pandemic, Concern worldwide has supported Nsanje District Council to implement some activities in the Corona Virus Response Plan.
Security Guard Killed in Mangochi
Unknown suspected robbers have killed a guard and went away with a Plasma screen at one of the hotels in the lake shore district of Mangochi on Sunday night.
House Keeper Gets 18 Months for Theft
The Second Grade Magistrate’s Court in Mangochi has convicted and sentenced a 38-year-old man to one and half years imprisonment with hard labor for stealing goods worth over K5 million.
Nice for Credible Fresh Presidential Election
National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Trust says it will leave no stone unturned to ensure the fresh presidential election slated for July 2 2020 is credible.
MEC Hails Lilongwe Voter Registration Turnout
As preparations for the fresh presidential elections are underway, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has hailed the progress of voter registration in Lilongwe district.
One More COVID19 Case Registered in Mzuzu
Minister of health Jappie Mhango says there’s need for scaling up preventive efforts to contain further local transmissions as the country registers 38th case of Covid-19 from Chiputula location in Mzuzu.
CCJP Cautions MEC on Reports of Registration of Minors in Voters Roll
In a statement, National Coordinator for Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, Boniface Chibwana says his Organisation has observed that NRB officers were not present in some centres during the first phase of voter registration.
IMF Approves US$91m Under Rapid Credit Facility for Malawi
Deputy Managing Director and Chair of the IMF Executive Board, Tao Zhang, has announced the board’s approval of U$91m under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) to help Malawi meet the urgent balance of payment (BOP) needs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Security Agencies Intensify Lake Malawi Patrol Amid COVID19 Scare
The Malawi Defense Force MDF, Malawi Police Service and the Immigration Department have for the first time rolled out a joint operation on Lake Malawi to intercept illegal immigrants amid the COVID-19 pandemic scare.