The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for urgent, flexible funding to protect children in Malawi from what it describes as the strongest El Niño on record, warning that a shortfall of $5.54 million is threatening preparedness. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, UNICEF said forecasters expect erratic rains, long […]
Apostle Clifford Kawinga of Salvation for All Ministries International has urged Malawian farmers to shift from rain-fed agriculture to irrigation farming to safeguard national food security against El Niño-induced threats. Speaking during an engagement with traditional leaders from the Northern Region, Kawinga highlighted the ministry’s Hope Fields Initiative, which provides solar-powered irrigation equipment and farm […]
Chief Secretary to the Government Dr Justin Adack Saidi says Malawi needs K488.5 billion, about US$281.7 million, to respond to El Niño conditions projected for the 2026/27 season. Saidi disclosed this during an El Niño Preparedness engagement meeting in Lilongwe, where he appealed to the private sector to support the initiative. He said government alone […]
The UK has committed approximately $3 million (about K5.3 billion) to support Malawi’s response and preparedness for a forecast severe El Niño event during the 2026/27 rainfall season. British Deputy High Commissioner Ben Nicholson said the funding would support efforts to translate climate forecasts into early action, helping communities and the agricultural sector prepare for […]
The CCAP Nkhoma Synod has issued a stark warning to Malawians, urging them to combine prayer with urgent practical preparations as the country braces for possible food shortages amid the growing threat of El Niño conditions later this year. The call was made in a pastoral letter signed by the Synod’s Moderator, Reverend Absalom Joseph […]
Malawian households are facing fresh pain at the market, after new figures revealed the price of maize — the country’s staple food — has surged by a staggering 8 percent in just a single month. According to the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (Ifpri) Maize Market Report for July 2026, the price of maize climbed […]
The Malawi government has allocated K100 billion to the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) to procure additional maize, in a significant escalation of its preparations for a food crisis anticipated as a result of the El Niño weather phenomenon. The allocation was announced in Parliament on Monday by the Minister of Finance, Joseph Mwanamvekha, who […]
Government disaster agency calls on partners to commit to concrete preparedness measures ahead of expected dry conditions. Malawi’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has called on stakeholders to identify practical steps to protect vulnerable communities as the country prepares for the likely return of El Niño weather conditions. Speaking at a stakeholder engagement meeting […]
The El Nino powered weather has puzzled experts as they are failing to predict when exactly the first rains would come, keeping farmers in the dark as to when they will plant. The weather surprisingly keeps on changing from hot to cold, becoming unpredictable as to when the first rains will come. Jolam Nkhokwe, the […]
Ministry of Health official has told staff to prepare for increased water borne diseases this year following revelation that El Nino will hit Malawi again, saying the weather pattern will cause a lot of flooding. Principal secretary in the ministry Dan Namarika has told a meeting of environmental health experts in Lilongwe to prepare fully […]
The Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (MET) has warned farmers of a possible El Nino-induced drought during the crop-growing season. Announcing the 2018/2019 rainfall season forecast, Ma director of the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services, Jolamu Nkhokwe, told a news conferene that there is a chance of an El Nino rainfall […]
As the lean season in Malawi hit its peak, close to 1 million children will be affected by hunger as the country struggles to cope with the worst droughtin 35 years. Despite the good rains, hunger is still widespread as families’ will only be able to harvest in late April. The UN agency ,as part […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will increase loans to Malawi by $76.8 million, the global lender said on Monday following an economic review of the drought-hit country. The IMF Executive Board has completed Malawi’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, signed in 2012, by another six months with funding equivalent to $49.2 million. “In completing the […]
AHL Commodities Exchange (AHCX) says Malawi should position itself to return to normal agricultural production through both rain-fed agriculture and irrigation following predictions by global weather authorities that the El Nino pattern, which hit many parts of the world over the past two years, has meanwhile come to an end. According to Britain’s Financial Times, […]
For four months Ripisai Manonge and her four orphan grandchildren and great grandchild have survived on half a dollar a day. Now she can’t go on, she says. On November 25 last year, the 80-year-old sold the last of her cattle for $350. That amount has kept 11-year-old Lewis Mukonya in class and provided food […]
Leader of opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera has told President Peter Mutharika to stop blaming God for the hunger, saying his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration needs to put sound agricultural policies. Speaking in Lilongwe, Chakwera, who is also main opposition, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president said the whole agricultural system needs an overhaul and […]
A prophecy about the Malawi rain disaster by the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Prophet Israel Major 1 Jnr has come to pass, it has been claimed. The prophecy delivered at ECG Church in Lilongwe on April 10 was about a vision of a mountain sliding, heavy rains that will destroy people’s property and lives, leaving […]
Malawi should start receiving food aid and other relief items after five powerful international NGOs backed President Peter Mutharika’s decision to declare a state of national disaster following persist food shortages in many pockets of the country. Oxfam, Concern Universal, Concern Worldwide, Save the children and Goal Malawi say in a statement Mutharika’s declaration is […]