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DPP having trouble taking own medicine, warns MPs of Section 65

Published on April 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the party that heavily benefited in contemptuously ignoring Section 65 court rulings is […]

Phoya angers MCP over Gule Wamkulu remarks

Published on April 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Remarks by Minister of Lands and Housing that MCP does not feel comfortable with new members who did not go […]

DPP’s Chaponda cries foul, queries Banda on Cabinet

Published on April 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

DPP’s George Chaponda, one of the incompetent ministers in Bingu’s cabinet is bitter for being fired as Minister of Education […]

JB to support disabled students, pledges 100 scholarships

Published on April 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda has pledged to support 100 students with physical disabilities who do not have the financial muscle to […]

National Assembly awaits executive on House leadership

Published on April 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda is expected to make changes in the political leadership of the National Assembly as well as changes […]

New Cabinet list

Published on April 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Exactly twenty days after swearing in as Malawi’s first female President and Africa’s second, Her Excellency Mrs Joyce Banda has […]

Malawi President fires Mutharika’s brother, hires new cabinet

Published on April 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s new president has fired the late Bingu wa Mutharika’s brother, Peter and hired a sharp critic of her predecessor […]

Malawi‘s president moves to appease donors

Published on April 26, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s new President Joyce Banda vowed Wednesday to allow foreign diplomats to work freely, seeking to improve donor ties under […]

Joyce Banda to visit to Liberia’s Ellen Johnson -Sirleaf

Published on April 26, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s President Joyce Banda is expected to pay a two-day working visit to President Ellen Johnson -Sirleaf here on Saturday […]

Britain restores ties with Malawi

Published on April 25, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Britain is resuming full diplomatic ties with Malawi, a year after the southern African nation expelled the British ambassador for […]

South Africa’s “Brother Zuma’ gives Malawi 30 million Litres of Fuel

Published on April 25, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s new administration of president Mrs. Joyce Banda has continued unlocking several windows of assistance to help cure the deteriorated […]

Why not even one of the ‘coup plotters’ has resigned?

Published on April 25, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

In the past 19 days since Bingu wa Mutharika died of a cardiac arrest, one piece of news I was […]

President Banda sacks Reserve Bank governor

Published on April 25, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s new president has fired her central bank governor and named a telecoms CEO as his replacement, two people familiar […]

US$90m of PTA fuel loan spent, says govt

Published on April 24, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Ministry of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment has disclosed that the country has spent US$90 million of the US$100 […]

Malawians bid farewell to controversial leader Mutharika

Published on April 24, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s late president Bingu wa Mutharika was buried Monday in an imposing private mausoleum dubbed the ‘Taj Mahal’, as both […]

Malawi govt recalls its UN, India ambassadors

Published on April 24, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Malawian government has further recalled its permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Brian Bowler and its High […]

Fall of leaders exposes the myth of invincibility

Published on April 24, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

In the past few weeks we have witnessed three modes of succession in Africa:  a coup, an election, and a […]

COMESA Mourns Malawi President H.E. Bingu wa Mutharika

Published on April 23, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has described the death of Malawi’s President His Excellency Professor Bingu […]