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Malawi police on Friday fired teargas to quell an anti-government protest over alleged corruption and economic mismanagement by President Lazarus Chakwera’s administration. Images and video clips of protest organiser Bon Kalindo, a well-known comedian and politician, who now calls himself the “voice of the voiceless” are in wide circulation on social media, showing him fleeing […]

The Malawi Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and Church & Society of the Church of the Central African Presbyterian of Livingstonia Synod have obtained an injunction from High Court stopping the government from implementing lockdown as a last measure of fighting Coronavirus. The High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has granted the coalition a seven day […]

Malawi’s Con Court has annulled result of May 2019 election result which saw President Peter Mutharika secure a second term. President Peter Mutharika was declared the narrow winner of the May election with 38 percent of votes, followed by Lazarus Chakwera with 35 percent and former Vice President Saulos Chilima third with 20 percent. The […]

Police in Malawi have named an officer killed on Tuesday during clashes with anti-government protesters in Msundwe – a trading outpost west of the capital city, Lilongwe. Police spokesman James Kadadzerab told told Report Focus that officer Usumani Imedi had been stoned to death and “killed by rioters and criminals”. He was among officers who […]

A controversial Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Jane Ansa, made her first public appearance on Monday amid tight security, when she opened an Annual General Conference for the Electoral Commissions Forum for SADC countries, being held in Blantyre a commercial city in southern Malawi. Ansa who is the central cause of the post […]

Malawians living in Karonga and Chitipa districts on the border with Tanzania have been engulfed with fears and panic following the Ebora outbreak in neibouring Tanzania. A person is reported to have died of Ebora and two others affected by the virus in the Tanzanian capital Dar es salaam, but the country’s authorities are reported […]

Four children are battling for life at a major referral hospital in Mzuzu city, Northern Malawi, after allegedly being poisoned by their biological Father. Police in the city have identified the suspect as Stain Linyama aged 60. On a fateful day, the children father had your maize flour and relish for supper. But after the […]

Malawian President Peter Mutharika, has congratulated Boris Johnson, for his election as the British Prime Minister. The former Mayor of London was announced a winner after defeating Jeremy Hunt with 93,163 votes against 46, 656. In a statement, Mutharika who was re elected in the controversial May 21, 2019 polls says Johnson’s election reflects the […]

Unknown people have petrol bombed an office for the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the Malawi’s commercial city of Blantyre, an incident analysts say will just fuel the post election instability that has characterised the country. The party’s President Lazarus Chakwera who is challenging President Mutharika’s legitimacy in court implicate Mutharika’s Democratic Progressive Party […]

Police in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe have arrested 15 people allegedly being involved in violence during the post elections protests held across the country on Friday but left out the ruling party supporters beating up protesters in Blantyre City. Thousands of Malawians led by human rights activists took to the streets of major cities in the […]

Thousands of Malawians on Friday, took to the streets for another protest against their government, and force Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Jane Ansa to resign who for allegedly failing to properly manage the May 21, 2019 general elections. The protesters led by a grouping of Human Rights Activists known as Human Rights […]

A Mzuzu-based farmer and musician Ras Chikomeni David Chirwa is fast attracting international attention. The 41 year old presidential aspirant who is a Rastafarian has brought a spark to Malawian politics. Ras Chikomeni David Chirwa has his mother as running mate in the forth coming elections. Commenting on his running mate, his mother Niness Kayengo, […]
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