By-elections wakeup call for the DPP
The Malawi Electoral Commission-MEC has declared Tuesday’s by-elections fair and credible with a voter turn-out of 47% on average. MEC Chairperson Chifundo Kachale has however...
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Malawi qualifies for 2022 AFCON
The Malawi National Football team, the Flames have earned themselves a place at next year’s Africa Cup of Nations-AFCON, following their victory over Uganda in...
BBC The large container ship trapped in the Suez Canal could be dislodged as soon as Saturday, the vessel’s Japanese owners have said. Yukito Higaki,...
Niger suffers deadliest raids by suspected jihadists
BBC The death toll from co-ordinated raids on three villages in Niger by suspected jihadists on Sunday has risen to 137. “By systematically targeting civilians,...
Congo-Brazzaville presidential candidate in hospital with Covid-19
BBC The leading opposition candidate in Congo-Brazzaville’s presidential election is in hospital with Covid-19 while voting is under way. In a video circulating on social...
Samia Suluhu Hassan – Tanzania’s new president
BBC On Wednesday evening she had the task of announcing to Tanzanians that President John Magufuli had died and now Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan has...
President Chakwera pays homage to Magufuli
President Lazarus Chakwera is describing the death of his Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli as a loss to the African continent. Tanzania’s vice-president Samia Suluhu Hassan...
Tanzania’s president John Magufuli dies
BBC Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced. He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in...
EU Agency: ‘No indication’ of AstraZeneca clot link
BBC The European Union medicines regulator has reiterated there is “no indication” that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid jab causes blood clots, after several countries paused their...
Covid-19 vaccination rolls out in Malawi, Chakwera gets first jab
President Lazarus Chakwera has cautioned Malawians against spreading unfounded rumours about the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Speaking when he officially rolled-out administration of the vaccine at...