Malawi News

LILONGWE, 10 February 2012 - Clement Zulu never thought he would be circumcised.

LILONGWE/JOHANNESBURG, 9 February 2012 - Malawi's maize-growing central and southern regions have not had good rains , prompting concerns about possible shortages of the staple in the coming months.

WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES 2012 WINNERS IN ANNUAL AWARDS PROGRAM Feb.

President Bingu Wa Mutharika of Malawi addresses the media after closing the AU summit in Uganda's capital Kampala.

Police in Malawi say they have fired tear gas to disperse stone-throwing vendors resisting orders they move off the streets to designated flea markets.

Lilongwe police spokesman Kingsley Dandaula described running battles early Monday, the deadline city officials had given vendors to move their tiny businesses to flea markets.

Funds will primarily be used to finance the evaluation of the Company's Dutwa Nickel Project.

RIVALRY between Nigeria and South Africa, and a deep diplomatic cleavage in the African Union, may have led to the failure of the AU to elect a substantive chairperson for the AU Commission after four rounds of voting that ended without the emergence of a winner last Monday in Addis Ababa.

An aerial view of a settlement in Mabira Forest Reserve, 55km east of the capital Kampala, April 21, 2007.

The queue outside a petrol station. Because of the fuel shortage people have to wait in long queues and endure sleepless nights at petrol stations.

Mugesera, who was deported from Canada last month, on Thursday requested an Intermediate Court Judge in Kigali for two months so that he can get lawyers of his choice before his trial gets underway.

A latest Worldwide Press Freedom ranking for 2011-2012 has listed Malawi as one of the worst countries in the world in promoting press freedom.

Fashion designer Asia Idarous is expected to team up with her colleagues in the industry to raise funds as a move to contribute towards construction of a Kikale drug abuse rehabilitation centre, next week in Dar es Salaam.

The government has embarked on boundary demarcation and gazetting of wetlands countrywide in a move aimed at conserving the marshlands, which are fast disappearing due to encroachment.

The 18th Summit of the African Union that took place in Addis Ababa this week has led to a sudden surge of interest into the workings of the organisation.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 1, 2012/African Press Organization / - The Heads of State and Government of the African Union , meeting at the 18th Ordinary Session of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 29 January 2012, on the theme "Boosting Intra-African Trade", ended deliberation today 30 January 2012, at the new Conference Center of ... (more)

MURDERED student Rudo Mawere told friends she was going to confront a man who owed her money on the day she was killed.

Alice Muhirwa's determination and focus are admirable in a country where oppression of dissenting views is part of daily life.

Madonna announced she has teamed up with an American charity to build schools in Malawi, reviving a project she had earlier dropped due to financial mismanagement and lawsuits.

The remarks triggered an outbreak of beatings and of tearing clothes off women over their choice of attire.