Mwase has given maiden full call ups to four players, who were part of the non-residential training programme last month.They include defenders Nickson Mwase, Paul Ndhlovu and Eric Kaonga of Civo service United, Mafco FC and Mlatho Mponera respectively, as well as Ntopwa United midfielder Mphatso Magaleta.

Mwase said during a press conference on Thursday morning that he will release the list of foreign based players in two weeks time.

He also disclosed that Malawi have secured a friendly match away in Zambia on March 11, which will feature local based players only.

"We will start the preparations with the local players and there is an opportunity to play a friendly match against Zambia which will give us a good assessment as to who is ready to compete for places with the foreign based players.

“As for the new call ups, their chances of making it into the final squad depend on their performance during the camp. We have always said that the national team is for everyone and moreover we have so many games to play in the AFCON and World Cup qualifiers so everyone has a chance of making it”, said Mwase.

He added that his technical panel will prepare the boys physically and mentally so that they easily cope with the tight schedule between the Burkina Faso matches.

Malawi will play Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou on 26th March before hosting their opponents at Kamuzu Stadium four days later.

"The travel between Burkina Faso and Malawi in the absence of a chartered plane arrangement will make life hard for us. But we have been in this situation before like last year when we played Botswana back to back in September as well as when we played Sudan at home and played Uganda away three days later in November. So we will manage," he said.

Mwase has added two new faces to his technical team with Majaha Ndhlovu and Lawrence Waya coming on board as fitness trainer and strikers’ trainer respectively.

The following is the list of players:

GOALKEEPERS
1. Rabson Chiyenda       Nyasa Big Bullets
2. Brighton Munthali      Silver Strikers
3. William Thole            Be Forward Wanderers
4. Bonage Lweya           Kamuzu Barracks

DEFENDERS
5. Ted Suman               Be Forward Wanderers
6. Stanley Sanudi          Be Forward Wanderers
7. Peter Cholopi            Be Forward Wanderers
8. Precious Sambani      Nyasa Big Bullets
9. Gomezgani Chirwa     Nyasa Big Bullets
10. Hadji Wali               Silver Strikers
11. Nickson Mwase        Civo
12. Lusekero Malema     Karonga United
13. Eric Kaonga             Mlatho Mponera
14. Nickson Nyasulu      Nyasa Big Bullets
15. Paul Ndhlovu           Mafco

MIDFIELDERS
16. Lloyd Njaliwa            Moyale Barracks
17. Micium Mhone          Blue Eagles
18. Duncan Nyoni           Silver Strikers
19. Mike Mkwate            Nyasa Big Bullets
20. Chimwemwe Idana   Nyasa Big Bullets
21. Rafick Namwera       Be Forward Wanderers
22. Peter Banda             Nyasa Big Bullets
23. Mphatso Magaleta     Ntopwa FC
24. Felix Zulu                 Be Forward Wanderers
25. Chimango Kayira       Nyasa Big Bullets
26. Isaac Kaliati              Be Forward Wanderers
27. Chikoti Chirwa           Kamuzu Barracks

STRIKERS
28. Hassan Kajoke          Nyasa Big Bullets
29. Patrick Phiri              Nyasa Big Bullets
30. Vincent Nyangulu      Be Forward Wanderers
31. Foster Bitoni             Silver Strikers