The Reserve Bank of Malawi has devalued the Malawi kwacha with 25 percent effective today, Friday 27 May 2022.

The Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) has challenged government to devise strict measures of safeguarding medical drugs in public health facilities, arguing drug theft remains a big problem affecting health service delivery.

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.