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The National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) has allayed fears of a shortage of fuel following days of panic-buying in the capital Lilongwe it attributed to logistical challenges.
The United Nations on Thursday appealed for additional funding to contain a cholera outbreak that is spreading to most parts of Malawi and has claimed at least 58 lives over the past five months.
The number of cholera cases in Malawi has almost trebled over the past three months despite a nationwide vaccination campaign that kicked off in May.
Malawi’s anti-corruption body has arrested its former head and the ex-director of the country’s state procurement agency for allegedly receiving kickbacks from controversial British businessman Zuneth Sattar.
Malawi’s economic growth rate is expected to decelerate to 1.7 percent in 2022 on the back of headwinds triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war, climate change and foreign currency shortages, the central bank said Friday.
Pressure is mounting on Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima to resign after he was named in a high-profile bribery and money laundering scandal involving controversial British businessman Zuneth Sattar.
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has pardoned 175 inmates as part of a traditional independence-day gesture to free some prisoners, Information Minister Gospel Kazako said late Thursday.
Malawi’s judiciary has been rocked by death threats against law officers and arson attacks on court buildings, APA learns here on Wednesday.
A Malawian judge has sentenced a Catholic priest and several others to prison terms ranging from 30 years to life over the murder of a man with albinism in March 2018.
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima has broken his silence about the allegations that he benefitted from a corruption scandal in which a British businessman is accused of splashing millions to influence procurement decisions.