18+ hour, 51+ min ago   (374+ words) A Malawian auditor has been kidnapped in a chilling daylight abduction near Mount Pleasant in Blantyre — leaving her family and employers scrambling for information as police launch a search. Nusrat Osman Jiwa was bundled into a grey/silver Nissan Dualis,…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (407+ words) A prominent Malawian activist has pleaded not guilty to treason, as prosecutors launched a shock bid to have his bail revoked — sparking a furious clash with his defence team over the ambush tactics allegedly used. Sylvester Namiwa, executive director of…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1363+ words) Malawi’s Parliament has been forced to pause its planned investigations into several public institutions and sectors, after the High Court issued an interim order stopping the Speaker and Parliament from establishing or operationalising joint ad hoc committees for the probes....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (285+ words) Malawi’s State House has issued a furious warning to motorists caught fraudulently displaying its official insignia on private vehicles — accusing offenders of trying to fake presidential authority to bully police officers and dodge the law. In a strongly-worded statement released…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (511+ words) Sixty-two years after independence, Malawi stands at one of its most dangerous crossroads. Daily life is collapsing under soaring prices, crippling foreign exchange shortages, decaying roads, and hospitals stripped of essential medicines. Public trust is broken. Worn down by decades…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (224+ words) A hotly-anticipated parliamentary report into the controversial purchase of Amaryllis Hotel is finally ready to be tabled — bringing to a head months of wrangling over a star witness who never testified. Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has wrapped up its…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (171+ words) Kenani’s comments follow a press briefing by civil society organisations, led by Robert Mkwezalamba, calling on Parliament to respect the independence of other arms of government. The briefing came after Speaker of Parliament Sameer Suleman announced that Parliament would use…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (276+ words) Chief Secretary to the Government Dr Justin Adack Saidi says Malawi needs K488.5 billion, about US$281.7 million, to respond to El Niño conditions projected for the 2026/27 season. Saidi disclosed this during an El Niño Preparedness engagement meeting in Lilongwe, where he…...