Malawi 

Addressing delegates at the Malawi Landscape Restoration Forum in Lilongwe, World Bank Country Manager for Malawi, Hugh Riddell, said land degradation is fuelled by people cutting down trees to make a living

The Football Association of Malawi has handed a four-month suspension to referee Godfrey Nkhakananga for the chaos that ensued during the match between Silver Strikers and Mighty Mukuru Wanderers

The Malawi Olympic Committee has organized an advanced course in Lilongwe for sports administrators of the country in sports management, organized with support from the International Olympic Committee's Olympic Solidarity funding program

The government, through the Minister of Education, will preside today over the launch of the Grand Challenges Malawi program, which aims to support the country's most creative scientists to collaborate with their partners in Africa and around the world

A training course for artisanal and small-scale miners on the correct use of a manual to promote and support sustainable mining and environmental monitoring at community level has been conducted by the government, in collaboration with several partners

Owen Chirwa, one of Malawi's rising stars and a Musicology student at Malawi University of Science and Technology, has released a gospel album titled Like Joseph

The sugar industry, booming at the behest of the Lilongwe government, creates many jobs, but takes land away from subsistence farming and raises serious questions about environmental degradation and the living conditions of workers

A Malawi court has ordered a Chinese national to leave the country within seven days after he was found guilty of racial discrimination against children

Alcoholic beverage giant Castel Malawi has joined the nation in the clean-up initiative by sweeping and cleaning the Ndirande market

The Merck Foundation, together with the First Lady of Malawi, has so far provided 40 grants to local doctors in critical and underserved specialties

Renewable energy producer Vidullanka PLC plans to invest in a joint venture to develop a 50 MW solar power plant in Malawi

State President and Chancellor of Malawi's six public universities, Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, handed over some €20.000 each to higher education institutions to support needy students

Likoma Island on Lake Malawi lies in Mozambique's territorial waters, but is part of Malawi; it boasts one of the oldest and most majestic churches in Africa, built where women accused of witchcraft were once burnt