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Malawi knocks on SA military ombud door for advice

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South Africa’s military ombud, retired Lieutenant General Vusi Masondo, took time to share with his Malawian counterpart his experiences and knowledge as the person...

Malawi receives two MA600 aircraft from China

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The Malawi Defence Force has taken delivery of two MA600 transport aircraft from the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC). The aircraft were...

Human trafficking rife in Malawi refugee camp

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Investigations by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Malawian Police Service uncovered widespread exploitation of men, women and children at...

SADC cannot drop its guard against terrorism – Ramaphosa

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, wearing his Southern African Development Community (SADC) hat, said ahead of today’s (Wednesday's) extraordinary Heads of State Summit there...

Malawi police fire teargas at anti-government protesters

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Malawi police on Friday fired teargas to quell an anti-government protest over alleged corruption and economic mismanagement by President Lazarus Chakwera's administration. Hundreds of protesters...

Bushiri extradition request served on Malawi authorities

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The Justice and Correctional Services Ministry has kick-started the process to extradite fugitives Shepard and Mary Bushiri who escaped the country while facing criminal...

Malawian protesters demand tougher penalties for rape

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Hundreds of Malawians took to the streets on Monday to demand tougher rape penalties following months of protests over sexual abuse in the country,...

Malawi says it will open Israel embassy in Jerusalem

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Malawi said on Tuesday it will open a full embassy to Main Jerusalem, becoming the first African nation to do so in the contested...

SADC against FIB reconfiguration

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South Africa, along with Malawi and Tanzania, the three Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries making up the sole United Nations peacekeeping force with...

Rescuing trafficking victims in Malawi

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Human trafficking is a problem in Malawi with teenage boys forced to work as farm labourers and young women sexually exploited in nightclubs or...

ISS: Migrant smugglers are profiting from travel restrictions

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Travel and movement restrictions do not deter people from fleeing conflict, violence and dangerous and inhumane conditions – they merely drive more people to...

Malawi’s Chakwera sworn in as president after re-run election

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Malawi’s new president Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in for a five-year term on Sunday, hours after unseating former leader Peter Mutharika in a re-run...

Malawi’s opposition appears to win presidential election re-run

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Malawi opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera has what appears to be an unassailable lead in a presidential election re-run, with 60% of the vote, according...

Malawi re-runs election in test case for African democracy

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Malawians queued up to vote on Tuesday in a re-run of a discredited poll that has become a test case for the ability of...

ISS: Mutharika’s last stab at the judiciary before elections

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Next Tuesday’s re-run presidential election in Malawi, like that of last May, is turning out to be more of a contest between the judiciary...

Malawi presidential re-run moved forward to 23 June

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Malawi will go to the polls on 23 June, a week earlier than initially ordered by the courts, which annulled President Peter Mutharika’s narrow...

Warm hearts in a cold land

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International peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is entering its third decade after years of regional conflict and two multinational wars....

Alleged migrants die in Mozambique

Sixty-four people believed to be migrants from Ethiopia were found dead in a container on a truck in Mozambique, provincial migration authorities and police...

Mutharika appeals overturn of election victory

Malawi President Peter Mutharika and the country’s electoral commission formally filed an appeal against a court ruling overturning Mutharika’s narrow election victory last year....

ISS: Malawi’s court gives electoral justice in Africa a much-needed boost

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Will this week’s Malawi Constitutional Court ruling to annul last year’s presidential election set a precedent for more bravely independent judicial rulings on other...

US Air Forces Africa helps develop Malawian Air Force

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Airmen from US Air Forces Africa conducted force development training with the Malawian Air Force earlier this year, from 13 to 17 January. “This is...

SA black rhino to Malawi

Seventeen black rhinos were released into Malawi’s Liwonde national park after arriving from South Africa as part of conservation efforts aimed at keeping the...

Malawi commissions naval vessels

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Malawi President Peter Mutharika on 21 August presided over the commissioning of patrol vessels that he said would help boost the operations of the...

US donates military hardware to Malawi for peacekeeping operations

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The United States has donated almost $1.3 million in military equipment to the Malawian Defense Force, which will use it for peacekeeping operations and...

Teargas used on Malawi protesters

Armed police used teargas to disperse demonstrators demanding the resignation of Malawi’s president after an election they say was rigged, escalating the state’s response...

Claims Malawi election was rigged see offices stormed

Opposition supporters in Malawi stormed a complex housing presidency and government offices to press demands for President Peter Mutharika to resign after an election...

Malawi’s Mutharika calls for unity

President Peter Mutharika called on Malawians to unite and help develop the country at his second term inauguration on Tuesday after an election marred...

Mutharika wins Malawi presidential election

President Peter Mutharika won Malawi’s presidential election with 38.57% of the vote, the electoral commission said, narrowly securing another five-year term after delays over...

Mutharika leads in Malawi presidential election

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has so far taken 40.44% of votes cast in the May 21 presidential election with 75% of the vote counted,...

Elephant kills British soldier

A British soldier was killed during counter poaching operations in Malawi, Britain’s defence ministry said. Guardsman Mathew Talbot, serving with the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards,...

New malaria vaccine trialled in Malawi

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A new malaria vaccine, in development for 30 years, was made available for the first time to infants in Malawi earlier this week marking...

More citizen-sourced aid destined for Cyclone Idai survivors

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Many tons of aid collected by the citizens of South Africa are destined to be sent to those affected by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique,...

SA sends relief donations to Malawi

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The South African Government continues to help and respond to the urgent needs of its neighbouring countries following the humanitarian disaster left by Cyclone...

Idai death toll is 847

Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. As of Monday, at...

Southern Africa still pulling out the stops to help post-Idai

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Support for people in cyclone ravaged Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe continues in the form of search and rescue efforts as well as donations of...

SANDF continues rescue mission in Malawi, Mozambique

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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) says it is continuing its relief efforts in flood-ravaged Malawi and Mozambique. This follows the devastation caused by...

Death toll jumps as aid workers fight clock to rescue more...

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Rescue workers plucked more survivors from trees and roofs to safety on Thursday, a week after a cyclone ripped through southern Africa and triggered...

South African military assets evaluating post-Idai damage in Malawi and Mozambique

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Tropical cyclone Idai was downgraded after making landfall on the African east coast last week but the destruction it wrought was significant and South...

SADC ready to take command of the African Standby Force

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Umodzi means "solidarity, partnership and oneness" in Malawian chiChewa and is an apt description of the just completed Southern African Development Community...

SADC completes command post exercise ahead of ASF duties

More than 600 people from 12 Southern African Development Community (SADC) states took part in the just completed Exercise Umodzi in Malawi. The...

US first lady going solo in Africa

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US first lady Melania Trump departed for Africa for a four-country trip that serves as her first major solo sojourn abroad on...

UK Government trains Malawi Park Rangers to combat poaching

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With less than two months to go until the London Illegal Wildlife Trade conference, UK troops in Malawi, as the face of...

Malawi cholera cases pass 500

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Cholera cases in Malawi have tripled and four more people died, the Ministry of Health said, a month after the spread of...

Sex work the “only option” for Malawi’s abandoned child brides

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When Memory Chitsulo was in school in Malawi she married a man a decade older. Her husband soon left for South Africa,...

Wildlife criminals arrested in Malawi

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Two of East Africa's most wanted wildlife criminals were arrested in a joint operation co-ordinated by Interpol. Brothers Chancy and Patrick Kaunda of...

Africa Endeavor 2017 concludes in Malawi

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U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), in partnership with the Malawi Defence Force, held a closing ceremony to mark the conclusion of Africa Endeavor...

Africa Endeavor 2017 Kicks-off in Malawi

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The Malawi Defense Force, in partnership with U.S. Africa Command is hosting representatives from more than 35 nations from across Africa, Europe...

Africa Endeavor 2017 Kicks-off in Malawi

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The Malawi Defense Force, in partnership with U.S. Africa Command is hosting representatives from more than 35 nations from across Africa, Europe...

Malawi, UNICEF launch Africa’s first humanitarian drone testing corridor

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Malawi and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) launched an air corridor on Thursday to test the effectiveness of drones in humanitarian...

Successful African Land Forces Summit in Malawi

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Flags of 44 nations flew above "The Warm Heart of Africa" earlier this month, signalling the presence of senior military leaders united...