The Malawi Government has successfully vacated an injunction obtained by former Ambassador to Kuwait, Younos Abdul Karim, which had temporarily blocked his recall from the Gulf nation. Karim sought legal intervention after the government moved to end his diplomatic posting, securing a court order that restrained authorities from implementing the recall. However, documents seen by […]
IRC lifts interim protection for Younos Abdul Karim, accepting government’s argument that his recall can proceed while the wider legal challenge continues. The Industrial Relations Court has removed a temporary legal obstacle that had prevented the government from recalling former Malawi ambassador to Kuwait, Younos Abdul Karim, in a ruling that underscores the uncertain legal […]
Malawi’s ambassador to Kuwait has launched a dramatic legal fight after being ordered to pack his bags and leave in just 16 days—despite regulations that allegedly require three months’ notice. Younos Abdul Karim, who has served as Malawi’s ambassador to Kuwait since 2022, is challenging the Government’s dramatic decision to end his posting, accusing authorities […]
The Malawi government has abruptly withdrawn its nomination of Allison Liwanda as Ambassador-designate to the State of Kuwait, in a move confirmed through an official diplomatic note. According to a note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Malawi, dated 31 August 2026 and addressed to the Ministry […]
Malawi has secured a US$27 million loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to fund construction of Blantyre District Hospital, a project that has been talked about for more than two decades without a single brick being laid. Minister of Health and Sanitation Madalitso Baloyi told Parliament on Monday that funding for the […]
Malawi Government has finally brought back home 60 trafficked women from Kuwait, ending a long standing contentious human trafficking issue. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Rejoice Chaponda Shumba said the women arrived in the country on March, 2017. Shumba said this means the government has managed to send back home all the Malawian trafficked women […]
Minister of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower DevelopmentHenry Mussa says it will take time before the 13 girls stranded in Kuwait after they went to work in the oil rich country, comes back to Malawi saying they are facing court charges. Mussa said the job agents that flew and found jobs as maids in the Arab country, are […]
Kuwait has with immediate effect stopped issuance of working visas for Malawians, a senior government official has said. Minister of External Affairs and International Cooperation Francis Katsaira said this as the government of Malawi is struggling to raise funds to bring back close to 30 girls who are stranded in the Arab country after they […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Francis Kasaira has disclosed that the government has finally set aside some money to bring back to Malawi some women who are believed to have been trafficked to Kuwait some months ago. Kasaira was speaking in parliament when he was defending a K3 billion vote for his ministry. He said the […]
A group of 30 Malawian girls stranded in in the oil rich Kuwait country following confiscation of their passports have asked for Malawi government to help them get back home. “We are suffering. We are stuck and the number is increasing. Our government should help us return home quickly,” said one of the girls Martha […]
Malawi government has made a change of heart that it will now help to repatriate home 20 Malawian girls stranded in that country following confiscation of their passports. Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Francis Kasaila said the government is too broke to bring the girls taken out of abusing work places in Kuwait, saying […]
Government has asked relatives of 12 girls taken out of abusing work places in Kuwait to pay for their air tickets back to Malawi, saying the government has no money. Minister of Foreign Affairs Francis Kasaila said the government is too broke to bring the 12 girls back to Malawi. “If their relatives don’t come […]
A renowned local recruitment agency has blamed government failure to regulate the job recruitment industry as the main cause of trafficking that has left many Malawians abused at work places in foreign countries. Job Centre Limited executive director Trevor Kandoje said there are so many job recruiting agencies who do clandestine job recruitment. “The job […]
Malawi government has warned job seekers in Arab countries to take extra precautionary measures after reports of rampant abuses and in most cases non- payment of salaries by Arab employers. Minister of Foreign Affairs Francis Kasaira said the government has coughed huge sums of money to repatriate to Malawi a family that lived in Kuwait […]
President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday consolidated Malawi’s desire to have friends across the world, when he received letters of credence from North Korea, Austria and Kuwait at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. Kuwait Ambassador to Malawi, Ahmed Khalid Al Jeeran Tuesday said his government is keen to improve relationship between the two countries and promised assistance […]
Malawi government has received K80 million (US$194 174.8) worth of assorted cancer drugs from the Kuwait people, through a non-governmental organisation (NGO) called Direct Aid Kuwait. Minister of Health Jean Kalilani who received the consignment on behalf of government at a function that took place at Capital Hill on Wednesday said it is a “relief […]
The Chairman of the Revival of the Islamic Heritage Society, African Continent, State of Kuwait, Jassim Mohammed Ai-Einati has said statements from some quarters who cite the Qu’ran that women cannot made good leaders are due to ignorance of Islamic teachings. ”We have just elected many female Members of Parliament in Kuwait, which proves wrong […]
President Joyce Banda on Wednesday held bilateral discussions with His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah, the Emir of the State of Kuwait on the side-lines of the Third Arab – African Summit in Kuwait. State House Press Officer Tusekele Mwanyongo confirmed to Nyasa Times that President Banda was privileged to be […]