News In Brief (894)
Officer Fired Over Party-time Fist-Fight
The Malawi Defense Force (MDF) has, reportedly, fired a senior officer days after the officer engaged his senior in a bloody fist fight.
APM Attacks Opponents at AGCOM Launch
President Peter Mutharika Friday used a public platform to go to town on his political opponents accusing them of spending time in ‘futile’ efforts to topple his regime.
Malawi Launches AGCOM for Transformation
Agriculture minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, says the six-year-long Agricultural Commercialization (AGCOM) Project which is being implemented with a U$95m World Bank loan is the flagship program for the Mutharika administration to transform the smallholder sub-sector from subsistence farming to commercial orientation.
Vendor-Chaos on Blantyre Streets
There is chaos on Blantyre city streets following an influx of vendors who are trading on the city's streets.
Malawi Making Strides in Fight Against Cholera
Ministry of Health says Malawi is on the right track in eradicating the cholera epidemic.
Heavy Karonga Rains Render Families Destitute
Over one hundred families in Karonga have been rendered homeless as a result of heavy rains and strong winds that have destroyed their houses.
EU Observer Team Meeting Stakeholders
The European Union election observation mission is today meeting various stakeholders in Lilongwe on the country's political situation.
Father Arrested Selling Daughter
The police in Mchinji have arrested a 46-year-old man, for allegedly offering for sale his daughter for K500,000.
Worker Found Hanging Dead at Rab
There was commotion at Rab Processors in Blantyre this morning following the death of an employee who was found hanging in the factory building.
School Suspends 20 Students Over Demo Plot
A community day secondary school on Lilkoma island has suspended 20 of its learners because they were allegedly plotting public protests against absence of tutorials for six science subjects.