Malawi has secured a place alongside Nigeria at the top of Indonesia’s 2026 KNB Scholarship Programme, with 18 Malawian students selected for higher education opportunities in Indonesia. The result is significant not only for the students receiving scholarships but also for the trajectory of Malawi–Indonesia relations, where education is increasingly being used to build durable […]
Recent press reporting suggested that a Malawian had been executed in Indonesia. The case in question now seems to have involved a person of a different nationality who had somehow obtained a Malawian passport. But what if this person had been Malawian? What would the Malawian family, government and society response have been? Perhaps they […]
Malawian citizen – according to a passport – Denis Namaona, 48, arrested in 2001 was among six people convicted of drugs offences in Indonesia who have been executed by firing squad shortly after midnight local time on Sunday morning. Five other drug convicts executed were from Brazil, the Netherlands, Vietnam and Nigeria. “The execution […]
Malawi has established formal diplomatic relations with Indonesia after the two countries signed a joint communique in a ceremony that was held at the United Nations headquarters on the fringes of the 69th session of the United Nations General Debate. The ceremony took place on September 29, 2014 and Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, […]