The ministry of agriculture says it is worried with the neglected Rural Training Centers (RTCs) that were vital in offering refresher pieces of extension training to community-based facilitators and agricultural extension workers.

Relief and Rehabilitation Officer at Mulanje District Council, Maria Joseph, has called for more support towards rebuilding of houses for disaster displaced households.

Fresh calls have been made to the media to follow and inform the nation on how COVID-19 funds are being used.

At least one thousand eight hundred farmers in Thuchira and Kamwendo Extension Planning Areas in Mulanje district are destitute after African armyworms destroyed their crops completely.

Care Malawi has launched its 2022 Tropical Storm Ana Emergency Response Program currently pegged at US$500, 000 which is slightly over K402 million.

Akatswiri Mineral Resources says continued harsh weather has delayed the resumption of exploration of rare earth at Chambe basin in Mount Mulanje Biosphere Reserve.

The Ministry of Health says no outbreak of any disease has been reported from disaster evacuation camps apart from routine conditions and infestation of bedbugs.

Students from Chikhwaza Secondary School in Mulanje on Monday braved heavy rains and marched to the office of Shire Highlands Education Division where they presented a petition on persistent power blackout at their school.

Older persons in the country will wait a bit longer to start benefiting from the implementation of their pension scheme as the scheme is not in this year’s national budget.

A community media house, Mzati radio and television station on Wednesday led its community associates (Abwenzi a Mzati) in Mulanje in a tree planting exercise at Nansomba Technical College.