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Mutharika Assents to Five Bills, Rejects CDF Bill

Mutharika Assents to Five Bills, Rejects CDF Bill

Africa-Press - Malawi. President Arthur Peter Mutharika has assented to five bills passed by Parliament but has spiked the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Bill,...
High Court Reinstates ESCOM HR Director Nyondo

High Court Reinstates ESCOM HR Director Nyondo

Africa-Press - Malawi. In a rapid succession of legal victories for top executives at the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), the High Court...
Bushiri's 2025/26 Crossover Draws 17,000 Attendees

Bushiri’s 2025/26 Crossover Draws 17,000 Attendees

Africa-Press - Malawi. Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s 2025/26 New Year’s Crossover service drew an astonishing 17,000 attendees, up from approximately 15,000 during the 2024/25 celebration,...
NGO Trains 300 Caregivers to Improve Early Education

NGO Trains 300 Caregivers to Improve Early Education

Africa-Press - Malawi. In a major push to strengthen early childhood education in Malawi, Youth Health Network (YHN) has trained more than 300 private...
Bushiri's Crossover in Lilongwe Draws Global Crowds

Bushiri’s Crossover in Lilongwe Draws Global Crowds

Africa-Press - Malawi. In what was easily one of the most talked-about spiritual gatherings of the year, Second Vice President Enock Kanzingeni Chihana and...
SMEs register mixed performance in 2025

SMEs register mixed performance in 2025

Africa-Press - Malawi. The National Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (Nasme) has described the performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in 2025 as...
To tame Malawi’s wild debt beast

To tame Malawi’s wild debt beast

Africa-Press - Malawi. As Malawi struggles under a public debt estimated at about K21.6 trillion, the African Development Bank (AfDB), World Bank and United...
Pensioners fight for early access to death gratuity

Pensioners fight for early access to death gratuity

Africa-Press - Malawi. Retired civil ser­vants have called on the gov­ern­ment to allow them to access one third of their death gra­tu­ity while still...
Rayoni Under Attack: False Sanctions Threaten Malawi Aviation

Rayoni Under Attack: False Sanctions Threaten Malawi Aviation

Africa-Press - Malawi. Rayoni Tourism Airline (RTA) has strongly dismissed a wave of sensational reports linking it to Iran sanctions breaches, describing the claims...
Chiradzulu District Struggles After Storm Affects Households

Chiradzulu District Struggles After Storm Affects Households

Africa-Press - Malawi. The District Commissioner for Chiradzulu, Smith Mnenula, reports that 597 households have been affected by the heavy rains and strong winds...