NATIONAL NEWS (5372)
Advocates Push for 1948 Mental Treatment Law Amendment
Stakeholders have made fresh calls for speedy amendment of the Mental Treatment Act of 1948 saying the law does not talk with other health and human rights laws.
Cyclone Freddy Relocation: BCC Calls for Support
The Blantyre City Council (BCC) has pleaded with well-wishers to support the relocation exercise of Cyclone Freddy survivors from Soche to Mapanga area.
Kwacha In Biggest Tumble Yet; Hard Times Ahead – Economists
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has announced the biggest yet adjustment in the trading value of the kwacha against the US dollar, devaluing the selling rate at 43.29% - from K1180.29 to K1700 effective November 9.
Authorities Under Fire Over Nsanje Market Project
Nsanje Civil Society Network is on authorities’ neck demanding action on completion of Nsanje boma market project.
Malawi and Mozambique Discuss Prisoners Repatriation
Malawi consul general for Tete province Happy Saka says there are plans to allow Malawian inmates with minor offences or about to complete jail terms in Mozambique to be allowed to complete their sentences back home.
CISANET Endorses Megafarms Initiative
The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) has thrown its weight behind the megafarms initiative by government.
Malawi Makes Progress in Malaria Fight
The Ministry of Health says the country reduced malaria cases from 6.1 million in 2016 to 4.2 million cases in 2022 and malaria deaths from 4,000 to 1,829 in 2022.
Lilongwe District Council Sets Conditions for Unemployed Nurses, Teachers Vigil
"Some of our conditions include an order for the organisers to deploy no less than 40 marshals and avoid noise pollution at the government offices.
D-Day for Malawi: IMF Board to Decide on U$174m ECF
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund will on 15th of November 2023 meet to decide on whether to approve US174 million Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Malawi, weeks after local authorities and IMF staff reached a staff level agreement.
AIP Not Answer to Malawi's Food Insecurity - Expert
An agriculture expert says Malawi cannot achieve food security with this year's Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) amid an outcry that in some villages the beneficiary's list has been trimmed three times.
