The Latest Breaking News from Malawi

Cannabis Reg. Update: Malawi, Legalization In Costa Rica And Albania. New Zealand On Biden's Pardon

Malawi's Cannabis Policy: Not Fair

Benzinga · Oct 7, 2022

Retired Auchterarder GP raises hundreds of pounds for charity after cycling 365 miles around Perthshire

Roger Paterson (61) completed the EMMS International’s sponsored Malawi Bike Ride which has traditionally taken place in the East African country

Daily Record · Oct 6, 2022

Heroin worth more than ₹100 crore seized at Mumbai airport; woman from Ghana among two held

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence had laid a trap at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on a tip-off that a passenger travelling from Malawi, an African country, was trying to smuggle narcotic drugs into India

The Hindu · Oct 6, 2022

Trafalgar Square fourth plinth: Statue of Malawi’s John Chilembwe unveiled

A larger-than-life sculpture of an anticolonial hero has been unveiled as the newest artwork on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth.

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2022

Child marriage comes with a heavy cost for young girls in Africa – but there's one clear way out

650 million women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. That’s one of the startling figures contained in a 2021 UNICEF report about child marriage. Africa’s sub-Saharan region is home to nine of the ten countries with the highest rates of child marriage in the world.

The Conversation · Sep 27, 2022

World leaders pledge billions to fight AIDS, TB, and malaria

Donor conference on the sidelines of UN meeting raises record $14.25bn although UK and Italy delay pledge announcements.

Al Jazeera · Sep 22, 2022

World leaders pledge billions to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria on UN sidelines

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria on Wednesday reached $14.25 billion pledged as world leaders seek to fight the killer diseases after progress was knocked off course by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Three reasons why the US Federal Reserve Bank holds the world in its hands

Inflation is a global problem. At the end of August, it was 8.3% in the US and 9.1% in the Euro area. It is 20.3% in Nigeria, 25% in Malawi, and over 30% in Ethiopia and Ghana.

The Conversation · Sep 20, 2022

Petrol pumps run dry across Malawi as fuel import problems deepen

Motorists forced to pay premium for smuggled black market fuel or drive to border with neighbouring Mozambique

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2022

Whatever happened to the Malawian anti-plastic activist inspired by goats?

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, after seeing goats dying from eating plastic bags, took on the plastic industry and won the Goldman Environmental Prize. But Malawi's plastic industry still poses challenges.

WEKU · Aug 29, 2022