Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has directed police to heighten border controls to prevent tobacco smugglers from selling the produce to neighboring countries at better prices. Tobacco…
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Malawi’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the former ruling party, has issued an apology for accepting a monetary kickback from a company embroiled in a corruption investigation.…
Less than a week after President Chakwera sacked Lobin Lowe as Minister of Agriculture, the Government has terminated the contract of Permanent Secretary Sandram Maweru. Lowe…
President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi has dismissed Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe and his deputy, Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima over what he termed “incompetence and gross negligence”.…
Malawi’s request for a Rapid Credit Facility (RPD) has been granted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which would enable it to address its foreign exchange…
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has stripped his Vice-President Saulos Chilima of all his delegated powers after the his number two man was allegedly involved in a…
After the initial rejection of Chizuma, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), a grouping which led the demonstrations against the running of the 2019 presidential elections had planned demonstrations on May 18th. It wanted to force Parliament to rescind its decision. The protests were cancelled after Chizuma’s confirmation was announced.