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Front Page
Mayhem in Lilongwe as vendors, police clash
Malawi police on Thursday arrested several people as irate street vendors disrupted business in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. Vendors clashed with riot police…
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Editors Pick
Ireland gives K5bn for disaster response
Ireland has provided a disaster response package to Malawi valued at about K5 billion (one million euro). In a statement…
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Entertainment News
China brings Spring Festival to Malawi
The mention of China brings vivid memories of Kung-fu and karate movies in the minds of people that grew up…
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Front Page
CSOs want Land Bill tabled this month
LandNet—a coalition of civil society organisations advocating land rights in the country—has asked government to table the Land Bill when…
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The Big Interview
Big Interview: Thoko Unyolo
Farming across the globe is usually treated with contempt. Even in Malawi, where agriculture forms the economic mainstay, the story…
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Development
Can Malawi sail through the political turbulence in 2015?
During his inauguration in June 2014, President Peter Mutharika spoke strongly on the Rule of Law: “…Malawians are waiting to…
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Business News
New legume seed firm launched, creates 1 300 jobs
A Lilongwe-based businessperson, Thoko Unyolo, on Saturday launched a legume seed company, Afriseed, which will create jobs for 1 300 Malawians in the…
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Business News
Phillip Morris touts Malawi’s tobacco, IPS
Phillip Morris International, one of the global tobacco merchants, has backed the Integrated Production System (IPS) of selling tobacco, saying…
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Guest Spot
Malawians should map own destiny—Egyptian envoy
The Arab Republic of Egypt recently sent Mohammed Maher El-Adawy as new Ambassador to Malawi. I engaged the envoy on…
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Business News
Growing Malawi’s agriculture: Lesson from elsewhere
The Fourth African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), a round-table of extensive consultations on all aspects of African agriculture, came to…
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Business News
ICT can woo youths to agriculture sector
The Lilongwe University of Natural Resources and Agriculture (Luanar) has said the use of Information and Communication Technologies in agriculture…
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Editors Pick
Interview: UDF, DPP pact not a coalition—Dr Henry Chingaipe
Now that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader of the House Francis Kasaila has confirmed the secret coalition of the party…
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Business News
Depleted soils cost Africa $4 billion a year—report
Anew study by the Alliance for a Green Revolution (Agra) says increased access to fertilisers can help smallholder farmers on…
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National News
Association for mandatory pre-school education
The Association of Early Childhood Development in Malawi (AECDM) has asked government to make pre-school education mandatory and free across…
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Front Page
Big Interview: Lilly Musaya
Born to Ephraim and Faith Musaya in Blantyre 26 years ago, little did her parents know she would rise up…
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Entertainment News
Mhango re-elected musicians’ boss
Renowned gospel musician Reverend Chimwemwe Mhango on Friday beat fellow veteran Charles Sinetre with a landslide margin to retain the…
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One die, 17 injured in Lilongwe accident
One person has died while 17 others have been admitted to Kamuzu Central Hospital after a minibus they were travelling…
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National News
Councillor decries mobile telecommunications inefficiency
Councillor for Lilongwe Chigoneka Ward, Desmond Bikoko, has asked mobile telecommunications operators to conveniently provide viable solutions to propel the…
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Development
Transformed into agri business by a poster
Mary Kasitomu, 38, is not an ordinary farmer. The woman, who comes from Kanyenda Village, T/A Nankumba in Mangochi, used…
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Business News
Can the ‘blue economy’ finally tick for Malawi?
Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) executive director John Kapito may be outspoken but deep down his advocacy noise seem to…
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