Maternity services have crippled for two years at Thambani health center in Mwanza district, since a water pump was stolen.

Balaka district council says the target for this year's Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS), a project that kills anopheles mosquitoes in residential areas, is to reach 99.9 percent effectiveness.

Some smallholder farmers of Traditional Authority Nsamala in Balaka were advised not to plant late maturing crop varieties last season and not to cultivate any this coming season.

Sitting on the dusty floor and roasted on direct heat from the sun, waiting for minister of gender, social welfare and community development for hours on empty stomachs are some of the bitter memories that Malawian children have for 2023 day of the African child commemoration.

A renowned Mozambican music promoter Wisdom Magagula says is set to go beyond the borders eyeing Malawi and South Africa first.