Africa Malawi WHO and the US Centre for Disease Control applauded the country for having strong health surveillance systems that saw the country respond favourably to stem the first case of polio and try to prevent a major spread
Africa Malawi The Africa Future Foundation has donated diagnostic laboratory test kits for Covid-19, HIV/AIDS, syphilis and malaria, worth 150 million Kwacha (more than US$8 million) to the Ministry of Health
Africa Malawi The library of the University of Malawi is almost fully operational, with several sections being opened, after the renovation work carried out
Africa Malawi Vendors plying their trade around Karonga main market have given the District Council a seven-day ultimatum to address outstanding issues affecting the market or they will boycott the payment of market fees
Africa Malawi An innovative UNICEF project is increasing vaccine access and confidence in rural Malawi through the use of mobile vaccination vans that deliver vaccines to hard-to-reach communities, particularly among pregnant women
Africa Malawi Thembisire Munthali, a 14-year-old girl and the brightest pupil at Ngwenya Primary School in the capital Lilongwe, says she is the person whose family leans on fighting poverty through education
Africa Malawi The country's chess team claimed gold and silver at the African Individual Chess Championship (ASICC) in Kenya in the under-13 and under-17 girls categories
Africa Malawi The Minister of Health and chairperson of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 revealed that 700.000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine will expire this month; compulsory vaccination will be introduced next year for civil servants, journalists, health workers
Africa Malawi Researcher Felistus Patience Chipungu is developing super-hardy, super-nutritious tubers, even more important in a country particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events such as cyclones and droughts
Africa Malawi Journalist Elias Mambo has launched The Independent Digest, a new weekly newspaper that features investigative articles across social, political and economic divides; Mambo said an independent newspaper was needed to report the truth
Africa Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has officially launched a plan to revive the national economy and transform the country from one of the poorest in the world to a lower middle-income by 2030
Africa Malawi A list of 7800 products originated in the country has been submitted to the African Continental Free Trade Area secretariat for free trade in the new united market, thus also contributing to the free trade initiative
Africa Malawi Latest study by the Malawi Human Rights Commission proves that persons with disabilities, mostly relying on relatives and friends, were sidelined in the implementation of the national response to the pandemic