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Nkhotakota flood victims raise sanitation fears as government moves to prevent cholera
Growing congestion in flood evacuation camps across Nkhotakota district is fuelling anxieties over sanitation and disease, prompting government officials to reassure communities that cholera will be contained. Deputy Minister of Health Charles Chilambula issued the assurance on Thursday after ...
MEC launches 17 March by-elections, clarifies election guidelines
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has on Thursday launched and released the calendar for the by-elections in the five constituencies and nine wards that did not conduct elections on 16th September 2025 general elections. The forthcoming 17th March 2026 by-elections follow the death of cand...
Mutharika urged to address renewed fears over safety of persons with albinism
The Association for Persons with Albinism of Malawi (APAM) has called on the President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika to directly engage with the albinism community and clearly outline concrete measures being taken to ensure their safety. APAM President, Young Muhamba, says fresh fears have ...
Government orders nationwide land audit amid rising illegal land acquisitions
Minister of Lands, Chimwemwe Chipungu has called for a nationwide land audit aimed at addressing challenges related to illegal land acquisition and corruption. Chipungu made the remarks on Tuesday in Lilongwe, emphasizing that while Malawians have the right to acquire land, the process must be...
Ndi Moyo Intensifies Fight Against Cervical Cancer Through Awareness Campaigns
A Salima-based Ndi Moyo Palliative Care Trust says there is a need for intensified efforts in raising awareness on the importance of cervical cancer screening among women. The organization say many women in Malawi are dying silently because they lack proper information about cervical cancer. ...
Mixed reactions over proposed sale of the airfield land
The Mchinji Civil Society Organisations has denonuced the Mchinji district council’s decision to sell the airfield land, saying the council has several development priorities that could be implemented on the land. This follows reports from the council about plans to sell the airfield land on g...
Economic expert backs Malawi's push for digital banking; calls for better network infrastructure
Economic expert Brown Chitekwere says he has welcomed plans by Malawi’s banking sector to migrate financial services including cheque transactions to fully digital platforms, saying the move aligns with global financial trends and could increase efficiency within the country’s payments ecosystem....
Nkhotakota MP Condemns Corruption in FISP Fertilizer Redemption
Nkhotakota Central Member of Parliament, Sylvester Ayuba James, has strongly condemned alleged acts of corruption in the redemption process of the Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) in the district, describing the malpractice as unacceptable and harmful to vulnerable farmers. Ayuba said the all...
Stakeholders agree to enhance collaboration to address challenges facing women
Council officials and stakeholders in Nkhotakota district have agreed to improve coordination and information sharing to effectively address problems affecting women and girls in the district. Speaking on Tuesday after a dialogue between sector heads and Civil Society Organizations meant to di...
Breaking the Silence: One Woman’s Struggle and Hope After Forced Abortion
All of the 24 years she lived as a girl ended when she was impregnated by her older boyfriend. Shakida (not her real name), from Lunda Village in Traditional Authority Lunda in Salima District, was forced into an abortion by her boyfriend in 2023. “I was told to consume drugs to terminate t...
Government eyes 41 million tree seedlings in the 2025/2026 National Forestry Season
The Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, through the Department of Forestry (DoF), says the 2025/2026 National Forestry Season will start on 15th December to 15th April next year. A letter signed by Secretary for Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Richard Perekamoyo, says the ...
Women with disabilities demand equal access to SRHR services
Victoria Supuliyano, a teacher at Chilanga School for the Blind in the area of Senior Chief Kaomba, in Kasungu district recalls how negative attitudes from health workers affected her. During one antenatal visit in 2023 a nurse remarked, “even you got pregnant,” as if pregnancy were impossibl...
Invisible Labour, Visible Loss: How Economic Abuse Is Stripping Rural Women in Nkhotakota of Their Livelihoods
In the quiet rice fields of Nkhotakota, the day begins long before the sun fully rises. But for many women, including 38-year-old Esinart Mwale, dawn is not just the start of work, it is a reminder of what they have lost. After months of planting and weeding side by side with her partner, she wat...
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WOMEN BATTLING ILLEGAL GOLD MINES WITH POWER
The early hours of 1st October 2025 are still haunting mining communities in Kasungu district after eight miners including boys aged 13 and 16 were trapped and killed due to a tunnel that collapsed at Kasalika gold mine. Barely some two weeks after the incident, another tragedy occurred at Chi...
Human-Wildlife Conflict Turning Women into Wildlife Defenders
The sun had begun dipping behind the trees in the midst of Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve at Chipungu village, 47 kilometers from Nkhotakota Boma as a 57 year old Christina Ngoleka offered her sharp welcome ready to share the experiences she has acquired in protecting her community and the wildlife....
Poor financial flow hits security agencies' houses construction project
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Jappie Mhango said poor financial flow has delayed the construction and completion of 10,000 houses for security personnel in the country. Immediate former President, Dr. Lazarus Chakwera launched the construction of the 10,000 houses project i...
Informal sector defies labor laws, hundreds trapped in labor exploitation
An inquiry conducted in the Lakeshore district of Nkhotakota shows that many employees in small businesses (informal sector) continue to earn below the statutory minimum wage of 105 thousand kwacha per month as per newly gazette minimum wage which came into effect on 1st June, 2025, leaving them ...
Sanitation Crisis: WaterAid calls for renewed commitment from communities and youths
WaterAid Malawi says there is a need to intensify efforts aimed at addressing sanitation gaps, saying the country is currently not doing enough to ensure improved sanitation for human capital development. The call comes as Malawi joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Toilet Day, ...
Thirty Years After Beijing: Why Digital Spaces Remain Unsafe for Malawi’s Women and Girls
Nearly thirty years after the Beijing Declaration on gender equality, Malawi is facing a new wave of abuse against women and girls not on the streets or in workplaces, but online. As social media becomes deeply woven into daily life, women and girls are increasingly exposed to cyber bullying, bod...