Parliament on Tuesday passed the 2024/25 National Budget where members adopted 44 votes of estimates. The budget is pegged at K5.98 trillion and the sum will be appropriated to the Consolidated Recurrent and Capital Accounts for the purpose set out in the Recurrent and Capital Estimates. The Agriculture Sector has a lion’s share of over … Read More “Malawi: 2024/25 National Budget Passed, DPP Says Implementation Is Key” »
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Women’s Coalition Against Cancer (WOCACA) has called upon the Government of Malawi and its stakeholders to invest more in cancer screening infrastructure and programs, enabling early diagnosis and better treatment outcomes. The call follows revelations that the National Cancer Centre does not have adequate human resource and equipment for detecting and treating colorectal cancer patients. … Read More “Malawi: ‘Malawi Does Not Have Capacity to Handle Colorectal Cancer Patients’” »
Malawi’s President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera declared a state of disaster in 23 of its 28 districts on Saturday, hot on the heels of neighboring Zambia, which has also appealed for aid. The government of Malawi is seeking urgent assistance following Saturday’s declaration by the country’s president of a state of disaster caused by drought. The … Read More “Malawi – Call for ‘Urgent Support’ After Disaster Declared” »
Nairobi — Kenya’s Rising Stars finished second at the tri-nation tournament in Lilongwe, after losing 3-1 to hosts Malawi in their second and final match on Sunday evening. Malawi, who had earlier beaten Zimbabwe 3-2 in their opening match finished top of the tree with six points, with Kenya finishing second with three points following … Read More “Kenya/Malawi: Rising Stars Pick Tough Lessons After Defeat to Malawi” »
Minister of sports and youth affairs, Hon. Uchizi Mkandawire has emphasized the need for the development of different sporting activities in this country as this will help in developing Malawi across all sectors. The minister retaliated that through sports, alot of people are able to generate huge amounts of money. He was speaking this on … Read More “Malawi: Sports, a Key Tool for National Development” »
Rumphi District Council has asked traders along the lakeshore areas to stop selling small Fish locally known as Bonya for sustainability of fish in Lake Malawi. Fisheries Extension Officer for Chitimba to Tchalo area Othaniel Duwe says the council has observed that the common Fish being sold in these markets is Bonya hence the need … Read More “Malawi: Sale of Bonya Stopped With Immediate Effect in Rumphi” »
Heads of State and Governments under the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have reaffirmed their unwavering commitment to providing both diplomatic and military support to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to enable the country find lasting solutions to the violent conflict in Eastern DRC. The leaders also pledged to intensify its public diplomacy on the … Read More “Southern Africa: SADC Reaffirms Unwavering Diplomatic, Military Support to War-Torn DRC” »
Malawi President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has this evening declared state of disaster on 23 districts. This follows a special taskforce report which the President received following the wave of disaster which hit the country since this year’s rain season. “It is on the basis of this report that I stand before you tonight, by … Read More “Malawi: Chakwera Declares State of Disaster in 23 Districts” »
Luanda — The Angolan head of state, João Lourenço, is traveling Friday to the Zambian capital, Lusaka, to participate in an extraordinary summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Mozambique. According to the Press Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, João Lourenço … Read More “Angola to Attend Extraordinary Summit On DRC in Lusaka” »
While maize harvests plummeted after Cyclone Freddy and El Niño, and look set to stay low, other crops have shown more resilience. Farmers in Malawi are being encouraged to plant different varieties of crops as extreme weather makes agriculture more challenging. Dry conditions recently have led to plummeting yields of the national staple maize, which … Read More “Malawi Farmers Urged to Diversify From National Staple As Yields Drop” »