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Malawi sex workers win forced HIV test case
The High Court in Blantyre yesterday ruled in favour of 11 sex workers who were subjected to a mandatory HIV…
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UDF takes on PAC
–Accuses body of taking sides on Section 65 debate –PAC says it was seeking clarification Erstwhile opposition United Democratic Front…
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Malawi paying Global Fund refund
Malawi has started repaying the K1.4 billion refund to the Global Fund on Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV and Aids by…
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Department of Statutory Corporations toothless—MP
Member of Parliament (MP) for Ntchisi North Boniface Kadzamira (Malawi Congress Party-MCP) has said the Department of Statutory Corporations lacks…
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Malawi lawmakers pass K36bn floods loan
Malawi Parliament on Tuesday authorised government to obtain a loan from the World Bank amounting to K36 billion (about $80…
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Malawi police blamed for death of NRC student
The High Court in Mzuzu has said the death of Natural Resources College (NRC) student Edson Msiska in police custody…
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Malawi VP appointed to international body
Malawi Vice-President Saulos Chilima has been appointed to serve on an international body that seeks to support countries eliminate hunger…
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41-year-old security man commits suicide
Forty one-year-old man has hanged himself using an electric wire in the last floor of Magetsi House at City Center…
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Journalist Tenthani finally sleeps
It was a hot afternoon yesterday at Agabu Village, Traditional Authority Ganya in Ntcheu but certainly not too hot to…
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Malawi lawmaker wants hemp legalised
Ntchisi North member of Parliament (MP) Boniface Kadzamira (Malawi Congress Party) yesterday stunned the National Assembly when he asked government…
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EU increases support for flood victims
European Union (EU) has given an additional five million euro (about K2.5 billion) to Malawi, Madagascar and Mozambique to alleviate…
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Mzuz-Nkhata Bay Road project deferred
Commencement of construction of the 46-kilometre Mzuzu-Nkhata Bay Road has been deferred from May to August this year because a…
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Malawi to introduce fees in TTCs
Beginning this year, student teachers in public teacher training colleges (TTCs) will be required to pay fees, The Nation has…
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Malawian killed in SA buried
The body of a Malawian national who was brutally murdered in Cape Town, South Africa last week was buried on…
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Goodall admits pension discrepancies
Malawi Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has said pension discrepancies between civil servants who retired before…
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Put chiefs on salary, pension—MP
Member of Parliament (MP) for Salima Central Felix Jumbe (Malawi Congress Party-MCP), on Wednesday asked government to put chiefs on…
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Tractors deal gone bad, govt only recovers K600m
Poor farmers who were meant to benefit from a farm mechanisation scheme that saw government borrow K23 billion ($50 million)…
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Union demand K4bn from Raiply
Accusations and counter-accusations loom large as Timber Millers Union has asked Raiply Malawi to pay out pine trees worth K4…
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US ’varsity honours JB
Wheelock University in the USA has conferred an honorary doctorate on former president Joyce Banda for her role in embodying…
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Bogus SA doctor jailed in Dedza
Dedza first grade magistrate Annette Banda last week slapped a bogus medical doctor of South African origin with a two-year…
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