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Forest loss in Malawi: how having women at the table affected debates and decisions about solutions – research
The Conversation
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July 23, 2025
Around the world, climate change is being tackled, not just in parliaments and global summits, but also in villages and farming communities. In these local spaces, lives and livelihoods depend directly on natural resources, and decisions are often...
Inside Chakwera’s MCP Manifesto for Malawi beyond 2025
The Maravi Post
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July 20, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The governing Malawi Congress Party (MCP) under President Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday, July 19, 2025 launched its Manifesto and campaign ahead of this year’s September 16 polls. Here is key highlights of the pledges in the...
Unlike Nigeria, Malawi decriminalises defamation
Premium Times
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July 22, 2025
The Malawi Constitutional Court has declared Section 200 of the Malawi Penal Code, which criminalises defamation, unconstitutional. While delivering its ruling on Wednesday, 16 July, the High Court of Malawi, sitting as a constitutional court,...
CPJ commends Malawi court for decriminalising defamation
Malawi 24
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July 22, 2025
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has applauded the Malawi Constitutional Court for striking down the country’s criminal defamation law, calling it a major victory for press freedom and democratic expression. On July 16, the court...
Elevate Your Space With These 31 Standout Home and Lifestyle Finds From Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale
Who What Wear
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July 23, 2025
I moved apartments over the weekend—just in time for the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. I'm shopping for fresh linens and towels, professional-grade cookware, and those special touches that make a house a home, all for less. My goal? To upgrade my...
Joyce Banda doubles down on free education move
The Times Group Malawi
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July 22, 2025
By Pemphero Malimba: People’s Party (PP) president Joyce Banda launched the party’s manifesto Monday, which includes plans to introduce free secondary education in the country. Banda unveiled the manifesto at a ceremony in Lilongwe. She had...
Posters, potholes, perception: Lilongwe’s image problem exposed
The Maravi Post
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July 20, 2025
To those who do not live in Lilongwe, the capital can easily be imagined as a rapidly modernizing city crowned with freshly reconstructed roads and gleaming public spaces. From a distance, narratives of urban renewal and infrastructural uplift...
Kungoni Cultural Festival to honour founder Boucher
The Nation Malawi
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July 22, 2025
Organisers of Kungoni Cultural Festival in Dedza say this year’s event will in a special way remember its founder the late Father Claude Boucher. Kungoni Centre for Culture and Art director Father Brendan O’shea said the festival is scheduled for...
Cpj Welcomes Defamation Decriminalization In Malawi
The Nigerian Voice
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By Committee to Protect Journalists Lusaka, July 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the Malawi Constitutional Court’s landmark July 16 ruling striking down section 200 of the penal code criminalizing defamation. “Malawi’s...
Chakwera, MCP shake Lilongwe with a grand manifesto launch
The Maravi Post
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July 19, 2025
By Burnett Munthali Lilongwe came alive on Saturday as the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) staged a massive campaign and manifesto launch at the Bingu National Stadium. The event drew thousands of party supporters from across the city and surrounding...
After 31 years of democracy, what went wrong?
The Nation Malawi
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August 16, 2025
In exercise her duties conferred upon by the Bottom Up constitution, our indomitable , indefatigable , award-winning , and unimpeachable leader of delegation, the Most Honourable Ms Joyce Befu, MG 33 and the Most Excellent Grand Achiever (Mega – 1...
Banda promises free secondary education, modern farming, Lake Malawi fish revival
Malawi 24
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July 21, 2025
People’s Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda has reaffirmed that under her party’s manifesto, secondary education will be free for all Malawian learners. She said the financial burden that keeps many children—especially girls and rural learners—out of...
Doctor at war with kidney woes
The Nation Malawi
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August 15, 2025
Dr Mercy Mkandawire has travelled the world in search of knowledge, but she got her most memorable lesson as an intern in her birthplace, Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe. The kidney doctor says nothing shocks her anymore, but fondly...
Dialogue on Food System Trends for One Health underway in Lilongwe
The Maravi Post
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July 18, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-A national dialogue on food system trends for One Health, integrating the health of the environment, plants, animals, and people, is currently underway in Lilongwe. The event is organised under the Food Systems Transformation...
Mumba decries ‘Worship of mediocrity’ in Malawi’s engineering, construction industry
The Maravi Post
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July 19, 2025
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Minister of Trade and Industry, Vitumbiko Mumba, has strongly criticized what he described as a culture of “worshipping and praising mediocrity” in Malawi’s engineering and construction sector. Speaking during a public...
Lake of Stars Malawi Arts Festival returns to Nkhotakota...
Music in Africa
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July 21, 2025
The 2025 edition, the organisers said, promises another unforgettable showcase of creativity, culture and community empowerment, reinforcing the festival’s status as one of Africa’s most iconic cultural gatherings. “Our work here is far from...
A lifetime of learning: Dorothy Helema’s journey with Conservation Agriculture in Malawi
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
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July 21, 2025
Dorothy Helema proudly showcasing her thriving groundnut and pigeon pea intercrop in her field (Photo: CIMMYT) Soft-spoken and humble, Dorothy Helema has quietly become a pillar in her community’s journey with Conservation Agriculture (CA). More...
Bushiri Urges Politicians to Stop Lying, Make Realistic Promises Ahead of Elections
Face of Malawi
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August 13, 2025
No featured image set for this post. Published on August 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM by Evance Kapito 161 words • approx. 1 min read Leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, has called on politicians to...
Campaign parade, fuel import breakthrough, bank upswing, voter vigilance: Malawi24 Week in Focus
Malawi 24
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July 20, 2025
Lilongwe, 20 July 2025 – A fundraising appearance on 13 July by Malawi Congress Party Secretary‑General Richard Chimwendo Banda at a Masintha Women’s Mass Choir event morphed into a political showpiece when his K20 million contribution eclipsed...
Is poverty the cause of forest extinction in Malawi?
The Times Group Malawi
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July 21, 2025
Travel across Malawi—from the rugged plateaus of Rumphi to the hills of Phalombe—and a heartbreaking trend reveals itself: our mountains are becoming bare. Forests that once regulated water, supported biodiversity and sustained livelihoods are...