IN Lilongwe, Malawi, frustration over significant delays in passport processing led to violent protests on Thursday. Irate passport applicants threw stones at the immigration offices, damaging vehicles and creating chaos in response to the slow service. According to eyewitnesses, the situation escalated when police used teargas to disperse the angry crowd. One witness reported that … Read more
MALAWI, a country highly vulnerable to climate shocks and widespread hunger, is taking a crucial step to improve food security for its citizens. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government have launched a $53 million agricultural development programme aimed at commercialising agricultural production and enhancing the resilience of small-scale farming systems to … Read more
ON Friday, Malawi’s Constitutional Court dismissed a high-profile case brought by two applicants seeking to legalise same-sex relationships. The ruling was welcomed by state lawyers, while lawyers for the applicants expressed their disappointment. The case was initiated by Jan Willem Akster from the Netherlands and a Malawian transgender man, Jana Gonani, following their arrest in … Read more
MALAWI police have arrested Member of Parliament Kamlepo Kalua and activist Bon Kalindo for their controversial social media posts regarding the June 10 plane crash that resulted in the death of Vice President Saulos Chilima and eight other officials. In a statement dated Friday, national police spokesperson Peter Kalaya confirmed the arrests, citing the inflammatory nature of … Read more
MALAWIANS gathered on Monday to mourn Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima, who was laid to rest in his home village of Nsipe in the district of Ntcheu, approximately 160 km (100 miles) southeast of the capital, Lilongwe. The sombre event was marked by heavy security and protests from local residents angered by the government’s response … Read more
A TRAGIC aircraft crash on Monday, June 10, claimed the lives of Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others. The aircraft involved in the accident has been identified as a Dornier 228-202K. The crash occurred in Chikangawa Forest, in Malawi’s Northern Region, shortly after air traffic controllers at Mzuzu International Airport directed the plane to return … Read more
THE burial of Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima, who tragically died in a plane crash on Monday, will be held on July 17, the government announced. Chilima, along with eight others, was flying towards a northern town when the military aircraft they were on disappeared from airport radars due to bad weather. The wreckage was found on Tuesday … Read more
MALAWI has declared 21 days of national mourning to honour Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others who tragically died in a plane crash. The group was flying on Monday towards a northern town when their military plane disappeared from radar amid bad weather conditions. The wreckage was discovered on Tuesday in dense forests and rugged terrain … Read more
AN aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing, according to a statement from the president’s office. The Malawi Defence Force aircraft ‘went off the radar’ after departing from the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning. The aircraft was scheduled to land at Mzuzu International Airport in the north of the country … Read more
PRESIDENT Lazarus Chakwera, alongside Benedict Okey Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank, and Gagan Gupta, President-Founder of ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP), has inaugurated the Magwero Industrial Park near Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. The Magwero Industrial Park, located 10 km from Lilongwe and close to Kamuzu International Airport and the … Read more