Ireland President Michael Higgins arrived in Malawi Monday through Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) and was welcomed Dr. George Chaponda, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and other government officials. The Irish President, who is accompanied by his wife Sabina, is on a three-day official visit to Malawi. Higgins, whose government is one of country’s […]
President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins is expected to arrive in Malawi Monday for a three-day official visit whose aim is to enhance bilateral relations between the two countries. Higgins will be accompanied by his Spouse, Mrs. Sabina Higgins. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperations, President Peter Mutharika and Higgins will […]
The government of Malawi has received a donation of US$1.3 million for Ireland to help the country in addressing hunger crisis. Irish Ambassador Liz Higgins says,:“The Government of Ireland has been monitoring the humanitarian situation, and, recognising the increased need, provides this additional support to the government’s planned MVAC response. This support is consistent with […]
Malawi’s popular reggae band will peform in Ireland in August at the climax of its three-nation tour to take them to Botswana and South Africa between July and September. The band’s lead vocalist Anjiru Fumulani disclosed on Sunday of the tour during performance at Club XL in Blantyre. , Cape Town. He said this was in line […]
Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson,has said that Malawi is a blessed country to have Mrs Joyce Banda as its President,saying she is going to steer the nation into prosperity. Robinson, the first female president of Ireland from 1990 to1997, was speaking during a special dinner her organization – the Global Leaders Council (GLC) – organized in the administrative […]
The Governments of Malawi and Ireland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for support to a social cash transfer programme and for replenishment of the strategic grain reserves. Speaking during the signing ceremony on Monday in Lilongwe, Ireland Ambassador to Malawi Liz Higgins said the MoU will allow the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) […]
The Irish Minister for Development and Trade on Tuesday night pledged that his country would make a deliberate effort to provide technical assistance to Malawi government agencies such as the police and agriculture. He was speaking after an audience with President Joyce Banda in Brussels. Joyce Banda is in Brussels at the invitation of the European […]
At the inquest into the death of a Malawian woman who was strangled and dumped in a suitcase in Ireland, a taxi driver testified how he unsuspectingly helped a man put a bag containing the body of Rudo Mawere (26) into the boot of his car after she was murdered. The inquest at the Dublin […]
Ireland has given Malawi government 350 thousand Euros (about 135 million Malawi kwacha) for financing of the Anti-corruption bureau to implement the National Anti Corruption Strategy as well as for farm input subsidy programme . Speaking at the signing ceremony the Irish ambassador Liz Higgins said 135 million has been set aside for the monitoring of the […]
Despite dominating the Ireland African Music Awards (IAMA) 2012 nominations, Malawi’s rapper Pop Dogg, who is based in Dublin, last Friday failed to clinch any award out of the six nominations he got. The rapper, born Ibrahim Hadji, was nominated for the Best Male Artist, Best Rap Artist, Best Song Collaboration, Best Director and Best […]
Fresh from their spectacular performance at the Ireland African Music (IAM) Awards 2012 in Dublin last Friday, Malawi urban music sensation Maskal and Ireland based Malawian rapper, Pop Dogg, are set to hold a joint performance in Dublin on Saturday,15 September 2012. The show will be held at Club Nassau. Maskal The 26-year-old Maskal , who […]
Malawi’s Afro-R&B singer of the ‘Udalire’ hit song, Maskal, has been invited to appear at this year’s Ireland African Music Awards (IAMA) in the Irish capital city, Dublin, next month. The second edition of the IAMA will take place on 7th of September at the Victory Centre, Auditorium and the Malawian award-winning vocalist will be […]
Malawi government has invited Irish government to be part of the Common Approach to Budget Support (CABS), a panel of development partners that provide budget support to Malawi. The group of donors includes UK, Norway, the African Development Bank, and the European Commission. Finance Minister Ken Lipenga made the appeal to visiting Ireland deputy Minister […]
Ireland’s Minister of State for Trade and Development Joe Costello begins a four-day visit to Malawi to see the impact of Ireland’s aid programme and will also pay his respects to the family of a Malawian woman — killed in Dublin. Rudo Mawere’s body was found stuffed in a travel bag in January. The 26-year-old […]
Malawian rapper, Pop Dogg, based in Ireland has extended his passion for the mic to raise funds for destitute and orphaned children in his home country, setting strides for other artists to emulate. Apart from the orphans, Pop Dogg among Malawians in Ireland who are working hard to assist various community-based organizations in the fight […]
Malawian young woman who recently got murdered in Dublin, Rudo Mawere was laid to rest on Sunday February 12, at HHI Cemetery in Blantyre. The body arrived through Chileka Airport on Saturday and was taken to Kanjedza Township, where her mother resides. Mr Mawere, the father, died long time ago. Her body was lowered on the grave […]
Friends of murdered Malawian student Rudo Mawere are appealing for assistance from well wishers in order to take her body back to Malawi this for burial. According to Ireland’s Independent newspaper, it is expected that the body of Malawian murder victim will be released this week for repatriation to her home country. Patrick Banda, of […]
A Zimbabwean man who murdered a Malawian woman Rudo Pretty Mawera and left her in a suitcase by a roadside in Dublin, Ireland has been found hanging and has died . Earlier Nyasa Times identified the man as Jasper Jason Dube Taruvinga. He had fled Ireland for England on Sunday using a ferry after being suspected […]