Malawi News Journal

Malawi saves $2m from ghost workers

Malawi is saving $2m monthly after it stopped paying the wages of 160 000 public sector employees in cash and ordered them to open bank accounts, a senior official says.

Malawi Exercise Supports U.S.-African Partnerships

LILONGWE, Malawi | A U.S. and Malawi Defense Force humanitarian medical exercise being conducted here is enhancing the partners’ medical capabilities and their ability to work together in response...

MALAWI: Queer Malawi lifts the gay curtain

JOHANNESBURG, 11 May 2011 ( IRIN ) - Africa is generally not a safe place to have a same-sex relationship - you can be shunned by society, beaten up, thrown in jail, or worse. In Malawi you can get 14 years in prison with hard labour.

Malawi: Govt Lays Out Its Agenda At UN Development Conference

Escalating fuel prices, climate change and the impact of the global financial crisis are the challenges currently compromising development in Malawi. The Southern African country wants to see a bold plan of action addressing these problems agreed upon at the Fourth U.N. Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) currently taking place in Istanbul, Turkey.

Malawi: Govt Keen to Build Trade Ties With India

Building on historical relationships, Malawians have set their sights on strengthening trade and investment relations with India in sectors as diverse as agriculture, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals.

Malawi defend decision on Britain insults

President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika has said that he decided to expel the British High Commissioner over the country's insults to Malawi.

Malawi's expulsion of British diplomat signals Africa's tense ties with West

Tense Britain-Malawi relations are symptomatic of how African nations are increasingly intolerant of Western criticism as China steps up its no-pressure approach to aid and trade.

Malawi’s President Mutharika Accuses Tobacco Buyers of Sabotaging Economy

Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika accused tobacco buyers of trying to sabotage the southern African nation’s economy by rejecting good-quality leaves and offering low prices.

Malawi 'does not accept insults'

The president of Malawi has explained his decision to expel the British High Commissioner.

Malawi says UK envoy 'insulting'

The president of Malawi has explained his decision to expel the British High Commissioner for the first time, saying he had insulted him.

World Bank finances Zambia, Malawi Nyika project

Malawi: Felix Limbani - Empowering Malawi's Youth

While still in his teens, Felix Limbani decided to help establish what he called "a platform where young people's voices could be heard" in his native Malawi, where those aged 10-29 make up roughly 60 percent of the population.

Tobacco poisons Malawi's children

Despite the poverty-stricken country's avowed intentions, it is dependent on the crop and those who must pick it.

Malawi’s Celcom Awarded Country’s Fourth Mobile-Phone Operating License

Malawi awarded a fourth mobile-phone operating license to Celcom Ltd., the country’s communications regulator said.

Farai Sevenzo: Malawi's father figure

From talented technocrat to intolerant autocrat?

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