HAGE GEINGOB, NAMIBIA’S PRESIDENT, DIES AGED 82 AFTER CANCER TREATMENT
Namibia’s president, Hage Geingob, died early on Sunday in a hospital in the capital, Windhoek, the presidential office said in a statement. He was 82....
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JAPAN BAILS MALAWI WITH A K1.9 BN GRANT FOR TCF RECOVERY
Japan has allocated a K1.99 billion grant to Malawi through UNICEF which will aid in the recovery from Tropical Cyclone Freddy by making available water,...
BRAZILIAN SPECIALIST PLEDGES CATARACT SURGERY FOR 1000 MALAWIANS
There is hope that over a thousand people with visual impairment as a result of cataracts will have their vision restored courtesy of surgeries sponsored...
MALAWI COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF EDUCATION
Deputy Minister of Education Nancy Chaola Mdooko is leading this year’s commemoration of International Day of Education which falls on 24th January every year. The...
TWO VESSELS FREED FOLLOWING SOMALI PIRATE HIJACKINGS
One Sri Lankan and one Iranian vessel are reported to have been freed following hijackings by Somali pirates. Seychelles forces rescued a Sri Lankan fishing...
CAMEROON STARTS WORLD-FIRST MALARIA MASS VACCINE ROLLOUT
Eight-month-old Daniella, right, is the first Cameroonian child to get the jab The world’s first routine vaccine programme against malaria has started in Cameroon, in...
AFCON ENTERS FINAL GROUP ROUND
The sieving process of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is expected to commence, as teams battle it out for round of 16 qualification. This...
PRESIDENT TSHISEKEDI ADVOCATES FOR PEACE, DEMOCRACY
In an address following his inauguration for a second five-year term, President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) implored African leaders to...
TANZANIA MAIZE IMPORT BAN LIFTED
The Malawi government has lifted the ban on maize importation from Tanzania. In a statement signed by Secretary for Agriculture Dickxie Kampani, traders can now...
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT NEW COVID VARIANT XBB.1.5?
What is XBB.1.5? It is yet another offshoot of the globally-dominant Omicron Covid variant. Omicron has outperformed the earlier Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta coronavirus variants...