Malawi, Kuwait Fund sign deal on Lirangwe-Chingale-Machinga road

The Malawi Government and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Development on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, signed a financing agreement in form of concessional loan for the construction of the much-awaited Lirangwe-Chingale-Machinga Road. The signing ceremony took place on the sidelines of the 3rd Africa-Arab Summit, which opened on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, in Kuwait. Malawi […]

JB says Africa-Arab summit to improve well-being of people

Malawi President Joyce Banda has said she hoped the 3rd Africa-Arab Summit which opened on Tuesday (November 19) in Kuwait would achieve “positive results” that would improve well-being of the Arab and African people. The 3rd Africa-Arab Summit to be chaired throughout by Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait, is being held under […]

JB in Kuwait: MoU signed with Direct Aid for university, development projects in Malawi

Malawi President Joyce Banda on Sunday, November 17, 2013 arrived in Kuwait City in the Persian Gulf . On arrival the President witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Malawi Government and Direct Aid, a Kuwait-based international charitable organization, at a colourful ceremony held at Jumeira Messilla Beach Hotel. The Minister […]

JB cancels trip to Brussels over Malawi travel ban: Going to Abu Dhabi, Kuwait sponsored trip

In line with economic austerity measures announced recently by the Malawi Government, President Joyce Banda will not fulfil a scheduled trip to Brussels, Belgium where she was invited to be among many leaders attending the European Development Days Summit from November 26 to 27, 2013, Nyasa Times understands. However, the President will proceed to leave […]

Malawi labour export blues: Kuwait-bound youths sent back home

Barely a week after it was revealed that Malawi had no formal agreement to export labour to South Korea, the government has been thrown off balance by last minute indefinite suspension of exportation of labour to Kuwait, it has been reported. The development, according to The Sunday Times, follows a sudden change to conditions for […]