Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma announced in London that former Malawian President Dr Bakili Muluzi will lead the Commonwealth Observer Group during Nigeria’s elections on 14 February . The 11-member Commonwealth Observer Group will be supported by a staff team from the Commonwealth Secretariat from London when Nigeria holds its fifth election since the end […]
Politics of vengeance is what is dragging us behind. One of the reasons why African leaders cling to power is because they do not have an ‘after life’. Once they leave office – either courtesy of retirement or after losing an election – they are not only forgotten but are derided, oftentimes dragged through courts […]
Malawi Queens maintained their fifth position at the Commonwealth Games after beating their bitter continental rivals South Africa 53-45. The Queens registered one of the biggest wins over their African rivals recently having taken the lead throughout the game. They won first quarter 13-11, second quarter 28-19 by half time. In the third quarter, South […]
Airtel Malawi, the sponsors of Malawi Queens netball side have said they are impressed with the team’s performance at the on going Glasgow commonwealth games. The company’s country director Andrew Santhe told reporters in Lilongwe when he held a joint news conference with Netball Association of Malawi president Rose Chinunda. “Truth be told that the […]
Scotland’s former First Minister and members of Malawi’s Commonwealth Games team today celebrated the strong Scotland-Malawi links at an event in Glasgow. Jack McConnell was joined by Team Malawi at the first ever ‘Pop-Up Malawi House’ at Strathclyde University Union to help raise awareness of the 155 year old partnership between the two nations. The […]
Malawi Queens netball side finished their Pool A fixture on a high Tuesday everning by beating hosts of the 2014 Glasgow XX Commonwealth Games , Scotland by 62-35. The Malawi side can no longer realistically challenge for the championship, but just the third place in the Pool A after their 50-81 loss to fourth-ranked Jamaica […]
Malawian boxer Chikondi Makawa’s hopes fo winning a medal for Malawi ended up in smoke after losing to a Mauritius boxer Cedrick Olivier on Monday in the middleweight category. Makawa was favoured to skip the preliminary round of 32 because he was among a few of boxers on bye following a draw. Makawa faced boxer Olivier in […]
Malawi netball Queens on Monday night suffered a devastating loss to Jamaica’s Sunshine girls 50-81 in their Pool A match of the on-going Commonwealth games in Galsgow Scotland. The Queens needed to beat Jamaica and then wrap-up Pool A fixtures on Tuesday with awin again hosts Scotland to stand a chance of sailing through. But […]
One of Malawi’s top swimmers Joyce Tafatatha on Sunday emerged winner in her Heat Two at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Tafatatha, 16, finished first in 29.59 seconds in the 50 metres butterfly category. Two years ago, Tafatatha also represented the country at the London Olympic Games. Last year Tafatatha saved Malawi’s face at the African […]
Malawian boxer Steve Maliko Thanki’s dream of a Commonwealth Games medal was dealt a big blow after losing to Tanzanian opponent Fabian Pius in round of 32 in the light-welterweight bout on Saturday. Maliko Thanki lost 3-0 to the Tanzanian boxer despite putting up a good fight. His former coach Andson Kazembe based in South […]
Malawi national netball team Queens need to dig deeper into their reserves to break into the top four dominated by Australia, New Zealand, England and Jamaica. The Queens trail Pool A leaders Jamaica they are facing on Monday on third despite recording two wins out of three games. The Malawian side beat Northern Ireland 71-50 falling short of Jamaica […]
Malawi Queens vented their anger of losing to New Zealand in the Commonwealth games by beating St Lucia on Saturday in Glasgow 69-28 in their third Pool A match. The Malawian side opened their games with a win against Northern Ireland before succumbing to world champions New Zealand on Friday. But on Saturday, Malawi Queens […]
Malawi cycling team has been given new bikes by a Glasgow shop after theirs were found to be unfit for purpose, reported Scotland Television (STV). Neil Bilsland, of independent bike shop Bilsland Cycles, said he found out that the cycles which Team Malawi came with from Africa, were in a poor state of repair and […]
Malawi Queens netball side received praise from BBC television commentators in their live second match of the Pool A Commonwealth games in Glasgow, Scotland on Friday despite losing narrowly to world champions New Zealand 47-50. The Malawian youthful squad gave the Silver Ferns a good run in a match which commentators gave Malawi kudos for […]
Malawi national netball team started the Glasgow Commonwealth Games campaign on a high with a resounding 71-50 victory over Northern Ireland on Thursday. Malawi overcame their opponents after struggling in the first quarter in which they were kept under pressure in the early stages of the first quarter where they committed a lot of errors from […]
Malawi former president Bakili Muluzi has been appointed Special Commonwealth envoy to Swaziland an appointment which President Peter Mutharika has endorsed and pledged support. Muluzi reportedly informed President Mutharika about his appointment after he received the letter from Commonwealth secretary general Kamalesh Sharma. The former president who governed Malawi from 1994 to 2004 said he […]
The Malawi Queens opened their preparations for the Commonwealth Games with a shock 53-51 defeat to England A in front of a packed crowd at GL1 in Gloucester. Ranked fifth in the world, Africa’s best netball team came close to an inspired comeback on Saturday but fell desperately short against a makeshift England outfit full […]
Malawi Queens will face England netball side this Saturday at the Gloucester’s GL1 arena in London as part of preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland starting on July 23. Malawi team is camping at University of Gloucestershire’s Oxstalls Campus. The game is scheduled for a 2.30pm start. The Queens will then play Wales at the […]