Malawi 

Egyptian multinational Elsewedy Electric will build a 50-MW solar power plant; Energy Minister stressed the need to increase energy production in the country, heavily dependent on hydroelectric power plants and therefore very vulnerable to climate change

Communities around Mzedi Hill have taken Chinese quarry mining company Sino Sky Industrial to court over noise and air pollution, alleging that houses are cracking for the blasting activities; Sino Sky claims the case is not under High Court jurisdiction

The Malawi Stock Exchange in February registered a month-on-month return on index of 2,18%, showing signs of recovery from the devastating impacts of the Covid pandemic

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

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

The library of the University of Malawi is almost fully operational, with several sections being opened, after the renovation work carried out

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

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

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

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

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

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

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