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MHRC Says Public Institutions Still Struggle to Fully Implement Access to Information Act
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CSO Urges Ministry of Health to Implement High Court Ruling on Abortion Access
<p class="isSelectedEnd" style="text-align: left;">Delays in implementing a High Court ruling affirming access to safe abortion for adolescent survivors of sexual violence could continue exposing young women and girls to unsafe procedures and life-threatening complications, the Ladder for Rural D...
FISP Targets Over 1.2 Million Farmers as Government Introduces New Reforms
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="isselectedend" style="text-align:justify">The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has today launched the 2026/27 Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme, FISP, at Kalira 1 Primary School ground in Traditional Authority Vuso Jere in Ntchisi d...
Ministry of Health and Sanitation Calls For Patients Care
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">The Ministry of Health and...
Nzika Digital Wallet Launched to Improve Access to Public Services
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Minister of Homeland Security says the country’s digital transformation must remove barriers and leave no one behind...
The Battle for Government Land in Kasungu
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">It is early morning in Kasungu, and as a cold wind sweeps across the fields, Masautso Mbewe, 54, makes his way to the farm ...
Mchinji District Council plans new revenue collection measures
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The Mchinji District Council says it is considering introducing new revenue collection measures targeting owners of sports grounds and contractors awarded development projects aimed at increasing the council's locally generated revenue and streng...
Umunthu FM Train Health Care Workers in Post Abortion Care (PAC) services.
<div style="text-align: left;"><div>Umunthu FM, under the Community Voices for Legal Reforms project, has embarked on a capacity-building campaign aimed at training healthcare workers in the district on Post Abortion Care (PAC) services.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking over the weekend at Kalul...
Exorbitant fees and procedural delays frustrate Mulalo Fertilizer project commencement
<p style="text-align: left; ">Renowned business tycoon Napoleon Dzombe has expressed frustration over what he describes as exorbitant fees and procedural delays in obtaining certification to commence fertilizer production at his factory in Dowa District.</p><p style="text-align: left; ">Dzombe ma...
Malawi public universities students’ union seeks presidential intervention over 100 percent university fee hike
<p style="text-align: left; ">The Malawi Public Universities Students Union (MAPUSU) says it will seek an audience with President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika following a sharp increase in tuition fees at public universities.<o:p></o:p></p> <p style="text-align: left; ">The union’s presi...
Government Assures Mwadzama Residents on Land Acquisition for Proposed Ethanol Project
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Systemic failures rock Immigration Department, Ombudsman report reveals
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MOAM welcomes fuel reduction, CDEDI criticizes the reduction as insufficient
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Poor Women Representation in Development Structures Persists in Nkhotakota
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="isselectedend">Nkhotakota District continues to face poor representation of women in various development structures, a development authorities say is undermining inclusive growth and development.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="isselectedend">The concerns em...
Poor road network kills tourism at KNP
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kasungu Wildlife Conservation for Community Development Association (KAWICCODA) h...
Nkhotakota Communities Urged to Promote Peace Amid Rising Mob Justice Cases.
<div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The Director of the Department of National Unity in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Emmanuel Bambe, has urged communities in Nkhotakota Distr...
Under Funding Stunting Malawi’s Arts Sector, Former National Theatre Association president says
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">For...
MCTU, ECAM Backs Government Minimum Wage Review
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Government, employers and workers' representatives have defended the recently gazetted minimum wage, describing it as a...
Governance Expert Cautions Against Patronage in Diplomatic Posts
<p class="isselectedend" style="text-align: left;">As the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament started interviewing and vetting individuals selected to serve as Malawi's representatives in foreign diplomatic missions on Tuesday, 2 June 2026, governance expert Makhumbo Munthali say...
Inside Malawi’s maternity waiting homes: the hidden use of labour -inducing herbs.
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Expecta...