On 16 September 2025, Malawians went to the polls to elect a President, Members of Parliament and Councillors. The incumbent, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika, standing on the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ticket, polled 3,035,249 votes (56.76%), defeating his rival, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera, who garnered 1,765,170 votes (33.01%). The election has been […]
A Malawian government minister currently on a governance course in China has used the moment to renew his call for the long-awaited Mzuzu–Usisya road, holding up China’s model of blending farming with tourism as proof of what Malawi could achieve at home. In a Facebook post, Ben Phiri pointed to Usisya in Nkhata Bay as […]
Malawi’s top-ranked professional golfer, Paul Chidale, produced a strong showing at the Pearl of Africa Sunshine Development Tour at Entebbe Golf Club in Uganda, finishing as runner-up in the event. Chidale carded rounds of 67, 64 and 69 to finish on nine-under-par 204, four strokes behind eventual champion Ronald Rugumayo of Uganda. He shared second […]
Malawi’s former Vice President Dr Michael Usi has torn into the country’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party, declaring there is barely any difference between the current DPP administration and the MCP government he served under — except that the DPP, he says, has taken corruption to new heights. Speaking to a local broadcaster, Usi said the […]
A string of high-profile abductions across Malawi has prompted the country’s leading human rights watchdog to demand that police go beyond rescuing victims and start dismantling the criminal networks behind the crimes. The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) says the Malawi Police Service owes the public answers — not just about who carried […]
The venue was the message.Bishop Martin Mtumbuka didn’t deliver this at a press conference or a pastoral letter — he did it from the altar, during a Mass built around 125 years of Catholic presence in Malawi. That matters. The Malawian Catholic Church has a specific institutional memory of speaking from the pulpit at moments […]
A Lilongwe charity has launched an urgent blood donation drive to support children undergoing cancer treatment, as Malawi marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September — with organisers revealing hundreds of children are diagnosed with the disease in the country every single year. The Rotary Club of Lilongwe City Centre organised the initiative to back […]
FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Women, Silver Strikers Ladies and Civo Service Women have all made winning starts to the 2026/27 NBM Women’s Premiership. Bullets Women got the campaign under way in style with a 3-0 win over Chitoliro Heroines at Mpira Stadium on Saturday. Mary Chavinda, Tadala James and Musa Mohammed were all on target, […]
Inside the alleged network where an Indian restaurant worker and corrupt officials reportedly sold visas, work permits and tip-offs to foreign nationals bypassing Malawi’s borders A shadowy parallel immigration operation is reportedly producing fake visas, work permits and residence permits for foreign nationals in Malawi, allegedly working hand-in-glove with corrupt immigration officials to bypass the […]
Malawi’s former president Lazarus Chakwera has broken his silence on the country’s ongoing power crisis and the collapse of crop prices, delivering a blunt assessment of the hardship facing farmers to a crowd he stumbled upon while travelling home from a funeral. Chakwera, who led Malawi as president from 2020 until his defeat in the […]
Old political rivals shared smiles beneath a green tent in Dedza — even as the bishop chided them for seeking God only at election time Thousands gathered at St Mary’s Nzama Parish in Dedza district on Saturday to mark 125 years of Catholic presence in Malawi. Amid the sermons and the scripture, it was often […]
A house for sale in Lilongwe, a fresh start abroad — and unanswered questions about how a suspect under investigation was able to leave the country There is a modest, red-roofed house in Lilongwe currently listed for sale. Its owner, according to reports, is no longer in the country — and has not been for […]
FAM scrambles to explain bizarre mid-match removal of U-20 coach over a licence the association says he doesn’t even need Malawi’s Football Association has been forced into damage control after their own Under-20 coach was sensationally ordered off the touchline moments before kick-off — in a bizarre licensing mix-up the association blames entirely on a […]
Malawi coach Callisto Pasuwa has made the stunning admission that his job hangs by a thread — with qualification for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations now the difference between survival and the sack. The Zimbabwean, who signed a two-year contract as Flames boss in February last year, was tasked with steering Malawi to the […]
Malawi Queens are two-for-two at the World Cup 2027 Africa Qualifiers after edging out hosts Kenya 55-47 in a tightly contested group-stage clash. It’s the perfect follow-up to their opening statement — a 72-38 demolition of Zambia on Saturday — and keeps the Queens firmly on track in their qualification bid. Malawi set the tone […]
There are critical moments in the life of a constitutional democracy when we must step back and confront a fundamental question: what does the supreme law of our land, the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi, demand? Since our hard-fought-for democracy, the recurring debates over the status, authority, and security of tenure of Malawi’s First […]
Officials squirm in front row as fearless cleric tears into ‘collapsed’ Malawi during 125th anniversary Mass A Catholic bishop turned what was meant to be a joyous 125th anniversary celebration into a jaw-dropping takedown of Malawi’s government today — delivering his blistering verdict on the state of the nation to government officials sitting just feet […]
Malawi’s president risks being cocooned by advisers feeding him comforting lies while the country’s economy crumbles around him, a fierce broadside from opposition leader Dalitso Kabambe has claimed. The former central bank governor, who now leads the United Transformation Movement (UTM), unleashed the attack in a blistering Facebook post on Saturday — accusing President Peter […]