Representing the SADC
The Government of Japan has given Malawi 5, 200 metric tonnes of fertilizer to Malawi to help the latter in its efforts to produce enough food. The Japanese Ambassador to Malawi, Mr. Yoichi Oya, handed over the fertilizers at a function that took place in Lilongwe on Wednesday. In March this year, Japan committed to … Read More “Malawi: Japan Hands Over Malawi 5,200mt of Fertilizer to Malawi” »
Cape Town — Thank you so much and thank you so much for joining us today. My name is Memory Banda from Malawi. Sawubona wena. It is a great honour to stand in front of all of your great leaders coming from different organisations and to be here today to share different of the global … Read More “Africa: Memory Banda from Malawi Tells Her Child Marriage Story” »
Cape Town — LISTEN Good afternoon, everyone. How are you? Are you excited to be here? It’s so great to see all of you, and my cards are falling because I like to speak with my hands, which is a very good thing we do in Africa here. My name is Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell. I’m … Read More “Africa: ‘1, 2, 3. A Girl Has Just Been Married. And We Can Keep Counting’ – Girls Not Brides CEO” »
Cape Town — Lakshmi Moore, program director for Girls First Fund Girls First Fund is the first and largest donor collaborative of its size that is solely dedicated to funding efforts to end child marriage. I’m joined here today by a panel that I hope will inspire you all. Together with Girls Not Brides, Vow … Read More “Africa: End Child Marriage – ‘Ensure Perpetrators Are Blamed and Shamed, And Not The Girl’” »
… they’re there to speak about ending child marriage in this generation, not 10 years from now. Memory Banda, children’s rights activist And now it is my great pleasure to introduce the next conversation. Please welcome Redi Tlhabi, who moderates the next discussion with the global philanthropist and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates … Read More “Africa: When Graca Machel, Michelle Obama, Melinda French Gates and Amal Clooney Walk into a Room …” »
Harare — President Lazarus Chakwera and his administration came under fire from opposition parties and human rights organizations in Malawi, for a deal allowing 221 young young Malawians to be airlifted on Saturday, November 25, 2023 to work on Israeli farms. The action comes in the wake of Israel’s U.S.$60 million aid package for Malawi’s … Read More “Malawi: President Lazarus Chakwera Under Fire for Sending Malawians to Work on Israeli Farms” »
The collaboration between the US and Malawi started in 2021. Last week, the US Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), the US 7th Army Training Command Combined Arms Training Center, and the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy collaborated in efforts to elevate the Malawi Defence Force’s noncommissioned officer (NCO) curriculum. The joint initiative, unfolding … Read More “Malawi: U.S., Malawi Strengthen Military Ties” »
The World Bank has approved a $60 million grant to avert acute shortages of critical and lifesaving commodities in Malawi. The grant will also enable commercial banks in Malawi to have access to an import backstopping facility through the International Development Association (IDA) approved by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Monday. A … Read More “Malawi: World Bank Grants Malawi $60m to Avert Acute Shortages of Critical, Lifesaving Commodities” »
Washington — Commercial Banks in Malawi will now have access to an imports backstopping facility through a $60 million grant from the International Development Association* (IDA) approved by World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today. The contingent financing to import fertilizers and pharmaceuticals will address critical shortages in the market which, if left unaddressed, have … Read More “Africa: Malawi – World Bank Approves a $60 Million Grant to Avert Acute Shortages of Critical and Lifesaving Commodities” »
Hundreds of people, the majority of them Muslims and Asians took to the streets on Wednesday in Blantyre to protest against the war in Gaza. The people chanted and carried placards, with some saying, ‘Free Palestine, free Gaza; we stand with Palestine; we want peace in Gaza.” This comes when Israel intensified war in Gaza … Read More “Malawi: Hundreds Protest in Malawi Against War in Gaza” »
