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Cost of living soar by 20% in 2012 thanks to Bingu wa Mutharika policies

Published on January 14, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s Centre for Social Concern (CfSC) has said the average cost of living for a low-income family in cities rose […]

Humphrey Mvula in trouble over swindling JB

Published on January 12, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Former United Democratic Front (UDF) director of research Humphrey Chimphando Mvula has found himself in trouble with his newly found […]

Top ten reasons to oppose the IMF

Published on January 11, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

What is the IMF? The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were created in 1944 at a conference in […]

No alternatives to Malawi reforms, key donors confirm

Published on January 11, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s key donors under the Common Approach to Budget Support (Cabs) have said the country has no alternative to the […]

January 17 protests still on despite govt propaganda

Published on January 11, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Despite mounting calls from various stakeholders to stop the January 17 mass protests against high cost of living, the Consumers […]

Joyce Banda covers up her bribery campaign

Published on January 11, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi President Joyce Mtila Banda on Thursday scrambled on the platform to avoid an international embarrassment when she personally stopped […]

Black market fuel prices dip below official prices

Published on January 11, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

The availability of fuel in most service stations in the country has forced the black market to sell the petroleum […]

President Joyce Banda: New Focus on Women’s Health and Empowerment in Malawi

Published on January 10, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

When Joyce Banda unexpectedly ascended to the presidency of Malawi last April, after the death of President Mutharika, many in […]

President Mrs. Joyce Banda’s inspiring statement On Malawi Growth and Development Strategy [MGDS] II

Published on January 10, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

When the MGDS was being conceptualized, the country was perpetually food insecure and growth was dismal. It was envisioned that […]

‘Malawi full of selfish leaders’ says economic commentator Henry Kachaje

Published on January 10, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

One of the country’s renowned economic commentators has said Malawi is full of selfish leaders at all levels who are […]

Govt to send SMEs to China,India

Published on January 9, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Government is planning to send a delegation of small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) for a study tour to China and […]

Jan 17 demo organizers dismiss bribe allegations

Published on January 9, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

The organizers of the demonstrations have dismissed claims made by the Rastafarian community that they were offered four hundred thousand […]

Rastafarian community against Jan 17 demos, denies bribe from organizers

Published on January 9, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

There growing calls for the organizers of the January 17 demonstrations to cancel their plans to protect lives of people […]

DPP distances itself from January 17 demos

Published on January 9, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

The leadership of the Democratic Progressive Party is distancing itself from reports linking the former ruling party to the planned […]

MCP Convention in April

Published on January 9, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

At long last. Malawi’s old political party, Malawi Congress Party MCP, says will hold its long awaited convention in April […]

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies to visit Tanzania and Malawi

Published on January 9, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Ambassador David J. Lane, the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome, will travel to […]

Fuel shortages in Malawi: Running on empty

Published on January 9, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Cars snaked around the petrol station and back down a dusty street in Mzuzu, a town in northern Malawi. Pedestrians […]

Karonga-Chitipa road is officially open, more than 10 years late

Published on January 9, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi President Joyce Banda on Monday said the completion of the Karonga-Chitipa Road will help the country economically. The 101-kilometre […]