About 160 people die of rabies infection each day, according to 2015 data – almost all of them from dog bites, and almost all of them children in Africa and Asia. The United Nations considers rabies a neglected tropical disease, and its eradication is a health priority of the UN…
There is good news on the business front for some African nations: The Doing Business 2018 report from World Bank Group lists Djibouti, Malawi, Nigeria and Zambia among the world’s 10 most improved economies when it comes to regulatory reforms that make it easier to do business. Malawi, at No….
The Assemblies of God denomination is getting a lot of media attention in Malawi because the faithful there don’t want to be the butt of a bad joke anymore. The Christian denomination’s leadership issued a September 19 memo to all congregations asking them to stop using “Ass of God” as…
As African leaders gather in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly, the Government of Malawi announced the arrival of President Peter Mutharika at the annual session – but it wasn’t the only thing at the UN that Malawian officials wanted to call attention to. The government’s Malawi…
Malawi is seeing another round of power outages caused by lower water levels in Lake Malawi, and the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) warns that there are likely more on the horizon. Local media outlets say that recent outages are lasting for more than five hours a day in…
Authorities in Malawi have issued an arrest warrant for former president Joyce Banda, whose tenure from 2012 through 2014 was marked by the notorious “Cashgate” scandal, a high water mark in the southern African nation’s struggles with corruption. The Malawi Police Service announced in a press statement Monday that it…
More than half of all people living with the HIV virus now have access to treatment, while AIDS-related deaths have nearly been cut in half since 2005, the United Nations said in a new report. “Communities and families are thriving as AIDS is being pushed back,” said Michel Sidibé of…
At least eight people have died in Malawi, with dozens injured after the country’s Independence Day celebrations were tragically marred by a stampede at the Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe. Seven of the eight fatalities were children, according to the Government of Malawi. The country’s Ministry of Health said at…
President Peter Mutharika admitted Monday that corruption in Malawi’s government is at a record high, and pervasive in government, civil society organizations, NGOs and elsewhere. The remarks came during a May Day observance in Blantyre, Nyasa Times reports. Mutharika’s comments come in the wake of a two-day National Anti-Corruption Conference…
Saturday’s March for Science is based in Washington DC, but people all over the globe will be joining in some 610 satellite marches registered across the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa. That includes a march in Malawi, sponsored by the Blantyre Malaria Project. The event in Blantyre is spearheaded…
Protecting the Chikangawa forest from illegal logging can’t be done with short-term closures, say members of the Malawi Defense Force who want to see a four-year ban but in place. The soldiers who guard Chikangawa – formally known as Viphya Plantation – are charged with protecting 53,000 hectares of land…
The Clinton Foundation will continue many of its programs serving African countries, according to the 2016 annual report issued online this week and an accompanying letter from former United States President Bill Clinton. The foundation came under heavy fire during America’s bitter 2016 presidential contest, in which former U.S. Secretary…
The Gender Pre-Summit of the African Union (AU) began Tuesday in Addis Ababa, with the presentation of awards to five distinguished female scientists from across the continent whose research contributions in water management, medicine and more were honored. The meetings ahead of the summit, chaired by Dr. Jean Kalilani of…
Heavy rainfall hit parts of Malawi on Monday, causing flash floods that left at least one person dead and many reported injured. The Nyasa Times said a 16-year-old boy died and others were taken to the hospital at Chilumba following rains that left Karonga, a village along the western edge…
Malawi’s government announced Thursday that it will partner with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to begin using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly called drones, for health care and other humanitarian needs. “Malawi has over the past years faced serious droughts and flooding,” said Jappie Mhango, the Minister for Transportation…