The Lilongwe Magistrate Court on Friday convicted seven Chinese nationals and two Malawians for committing wildlife crimes in the country. The convicted Chinese nationals included Lin Yun Hua who is dubbed Malawi’s most wanted suspected wildlife trafficker and notorious kingpin. Lin Yun Hua already pleaded guilty to the charge of illegal possessions of specimen of […]
China-based Malawi women football star Temwa Chawinga has resumed training for the first time with her new teammates at Chinese club Wuhan this week since signing in January. The Malawi international joined the Chinese Women’s Super League (CWSL) outfit on a two-year deal after mutually parting ways with Swedish side Kvarnsvedens with 18 months left on her deal. […]
Malawian students who are pursuing masters’ degrees in various fields in China have accused the Malawi government of favoritism in the distribution and provision of relief assistance to learners who have been affected by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in the diaspora. The students have since written the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, […]
Chinese Ambassador to Malawi, Liu Hongyang, has pledged more support towards efforts by the Malawi government to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. Hongyang also reiterated that China will maintain its open, transparent and responsible response to the pandemic by closely cooperating with the international community, namely the World […]
When coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hit Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei province, late 2019, the Beijing Government successfully sequenced it and reported the genetic information to the World Health Organization (WHO). The rapid identification of COVID-19 allowed scientists around the world to immediately start developing test kits, treatment options and vaccines. From then on, China has remained steadfast […]
The Chinese embassy in Malawi has announced it will donate personal protective equipment(PPE) to Malawi’s three Major hospitals to help Malawi in fight against COVID-19. According to a tweet by the Chinese Ambassador to Malawi Liu Hongyang, the embassy will donate PPE to Kamuzu Central, Mzuzu Central and Queens Elizabeth Central Hospitals in the next […]
Immigration Department in Mchinji has sent back to Zambia, a Chinese national, Jian Li for refusing to be on self-quarantine for 14 days. He arrived in Lusaka the capital of Zambia on March 26, 2020 and later proceeded to Mchinji, where he was intercepted by Immigration officers at Bua road block on Saturday April 12, […]
A High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda who recently came under fire from government when he ordered the Department of Immigration not to deport four Chinese nationals upon their arrival in the country amidst the highly contagious Covid-19 has made a stinging ruling that questions archaic laws on the declaration of State of Disaster. President Peter […]
The Chinese embassy in Malawi said it is donating more medical materials to Malawi to fight Coronavirus (covid-19), which has hit the sub-Saharan developing country. The Chinese ambassador to Malawi, Liu Hongyang, announced this Thursday, hours after Malawi President Peter Mutharika publicly confirmed the first 3 cases of COVID-19 in the country. Liu said that […]
A social-political commentator has argued about the irony of government criticising High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda’s decision to issue a court order that led to the release of four Chinese nationals who had been quarantined on arrival at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) and yet receiving the donation of medical supplies from Coronavirus infested China. The […]
High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has put the judiciary on spot on how questionable justice delivery is delivered in the country following his order that the Department of Immigration should not deport four Chinese nationals upon their arrival in the country amidst fear of the spread of the deadly Coronavirus. But the Department of Immigration has […]
Malawi Police at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe have intercepted and seized 2, 259 masks from a Chinese national who attempted to export them to coronavirus disease hit China. According to KIA police spokesperson Sapulaine Chitonde, Liu Rishan, 38, whose passport number is E27915003, was intercepted on Tuesday while on his way back home […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi has defended his decision to make a donation of medical products to the People’s Republic of China, which has been hit by the fatal coronavirus, saying the super power was Malawi’s major development partner. Muluzi came under intense attack after he donated gloves and surgical masks to China […]
Hundreds of millions of Chinese are still in virtual coronavirus quarantine and yet to report for work in the Chinese New Year, millions of firms are facing bankruptcy and the country’s factory activity shrank at a record rate in February. With such gloomy circumstances and so much not to like it seems there is something […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi, whose party has entered into political alliance with the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of President Peter Mutharika, has donated medical supplies to the Chinese as it battles the coronavirus outbreak with more than 90,000 cases of the virus worldwide and more than 3,100 deaths from it. Muluzi, […]
The Chinese government has said Malawians living in Wuhan – where the coronavirus outbreak emerged – are safe from the killer outbreak. Ambassador Liu Hongyan said the Malawians in China include 63 students in Wuhan, the epicentre of the disease. Liu was speaking on Thursday at a news conference held at his embassy in Lilongwe. “No […]
Government says six people who arrived from China in the past weeks have been quarantined in their homes as a preventive measured on coronavirus which has killed 1500 people so far outside Africa. Ministry of Health principal secretary Dan Namarika said the six have been quarantined in their own homes because the government has no […]
The Ministry of Health has urged Malawians to temporarily stop traveling to China s amid an accelerating outbreak of a novel coronavirus up until it is contained there. Principal Secretary in the Ministry. Dr Dan Namarika said this following reports that one of the Malawian students studying in Wuhan is returning home. The corona virus outbreak […]