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Malawi has ordered schools in the capital Lilongwe and second city Blantyre to remain closed for the first term of the 2023 academic year as authorities battle a 10-month-old cholera outbreak that has devastated the two main cities.
The death toll from Malawi’s cholera outbreak has breached the 400 mark amid frantic efforts by the authorities to contain the further spread of the disease across the country.
Malawi has a major problem of trafficking of children and child labour amid indications that more than 3,000 children are working on tobacco farms in the country, according to the United Nations.
The African Spelling Bee Federation successfully hosted its 5th African Spelling Bee Championship in Blantyre, Malawi between the 6th and 11th December 2022.
Malawi’s anti-corruption chief Martha Chizuma was briefly detained on Tuesday for allegedly tarnishing the government’s image after a leaked audio in which she complained of lack of political will to rid the country of graft.
Malawi has become the first recipient of fertilizer donated by Russia to assist developing countries that have been hit hard by rising global crisis, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Malawian police have arrested the stepson of former President Peter Mutharika for alleged involvement in the deaths of 30 illegal migrants whose bodies were found in mass graves in a forest in October.
The International Monetary Fund has approved an US$88.3 million loan to Malawi under a new facility intended to help low-income countries cope with global food price shocks.
The International Monetary Fund has granted Malawi a waiver after the country misreported its international reserves three years ago, the Bretton Woods institution announced on Thursday.
The World Food Programme (WFP) in Malawi has warned that it is running out of food rations amid an influx of refugees and asylum seekers escaping fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.