Some Lilongwe based soccer enthusiasts had a rude awakening Sunday afternoon after travelling to Civo Stadium to watch a league match between Civo United and Kamuzu Barracks only to learn that the game had been postponed due to the shooting incident involving a police officer and a Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier in Zomba. Civo were […]
Tension in Zomba city as there is anger at Cobbe Barracks of Malawi Defence Force (MDF) after a patrol police officer fatally shot a soldier on Saturday around 11 pm. Crowds gathered at Zomba police sation on Sunday to get the information on the shooting incident. MDF spokesman spokesman Lt Col. Francis Kakhuta-Banda confirmed that the […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Sunday led the tributes to fallen heroes who lost their lives as they fought in the two World Wars, at the yearly service of remembrance in Lilongwe. A two-minute silence was observed before the President laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in capital city centre in memory of members of […]
A team sponsored by MA Motors on Saturday emerged victorious during the day long Poppy Day golf tournament held at Lilongwe Golf Club’s (LGC) 18-hole golf course. The competition, which attracted 16 teams sponsored by various companies and organisations was organized by Malawi Defence Force (MDF) and British High Commission to raise funds for the welfare of […]
The Malawi Defense Force (MDF) has quarantined some soldiers who were on a peace-keeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo over suspected Ebola virus. The social media is awash with reports that some soldiers have been quarantined at the Kamuzu Barracks after being infected with the Ebola Virus in the DRC. But the MDF […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday joined his predecessor John Tembo in mourning Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Paul Tembo who died following liver complications on Friday (3 Oct) in Lilongwe. In his eulogy Chakwera said he was greatly touched over the demise of Tembo saying he was “thoroughly a professional military man,” who has served in […]
Malawi Defence Forces (MDF) former commander, General Henry Odillo, has rejected allegations by Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Justice Maxon Mbendera that the army were ordered to storm the national tally centre at COMESA hall in Blantyre in order to force the recount of the chaotic May 20 ballot. Mbendera claimed former president […]
The Malawi Defense Force is conspicuously missing among 16 most powerful militaries in African according to a latest ranking by the Global Fire Power or GFP an internationally recognized independent organization that provides a unique analytical display of data concerning to world’s military powers. The GFP, measures countries’ military strength and assigns a power index number in order to compare them to […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government of President Peter Mutharika, which came to power after the May 20 2014 disputed elections, has secretly bought one million rounds of ammunition for its security organs from South Africa worthy roughly R5 million (MK200 million). Malawi is currently facing no external or internal military threats, according to a […]
Black Leopards Managing Director David Thidiela has disclosed that he would lobby Malawi Defence Force (MDF) to consider releasing striker Gastin Simkonda to play for the South African second tier league club. He arrived in the country over the weekend and watched Bullets, Epac match in the TNM Super League on Sunday at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre […]
While it was all smiles for Bullets FC and their loyalists for lifting Carlsberg Cup after 2-0 win over rookies Zomba United on Sunday, most photojournalists and TV cameramen left Kamuzu stadium in an irked state after being blocked by Malawi Officers from getting to the VIP stage to capture presentation of medals to players. Some, […]
Former commander of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) General Henry Odillo on Monday handed over sword of command to the newly appointed army commander General Ignacious Maulana at Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe. President Peter Mutharikalast month replaced Odillo, who came into the limelight in April 2012 for preventing an alleged coup when Bingu wa Mutharika died, with […]
About 25 Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers are battling for their lives at a hospital in Zomba after a Tata truck they were travelling in was involved in a terrible accident at Changalume Barracks due to the break failure. A visit by Nyasa Times reporter at Zomba Central Hospital Tuesday evening found that over 26 […]
There was a disorder on Sunday evening at Puma Filling station at Chichiri Shopping Mall in Blantyre when Kamuzu Barracks Football Club players assaulted workers after one of them was caught stealing beer. Meanwhile, Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has apologized for the incident and has since instituted investigations into the matter before taking disciplinary measures […]
The Malawi Defence (MDF) soldier, Staff Sergeant Aiden Belvine Kamungu, who was serving with the International Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has died. Kamungu was serving as a Mortar man, according to MDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Francis Kakhuta Banda, died on Saturday. Kakhuta-Banda said Staff Sergeant Kamungu had collapsed at around […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has fired Army Commander Henry Odillo , his deputy John Msonthi and appointed Major General Atanasio Maulana as the new military chief. Mutharika fired General Odillo has been implicated in a latest audit report on the looting of millions of kwachas from Malawi government christened as the Cashgate scandal. Odillo has […]
Government has commissioned the Auditors General to institute comprehensive audit on Malawi Defence Force (MDF), Malawi Police Service and State residences. The auditing exercise is coming on the background of rampant abuse of office and massive looting of public exercises in several government ministries, departments, the State residences and security institutions during Peoples Party (PP) […]
State Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima on Saturday took part in a charity golf tourney at Lilongwe Golf Club in aid of the war veterans in the country. The charity golf tournament was organised by Malawi Defence Force (MDF) in partnership with the British High Commission. Chilima, did hit the golf course, to the delight […]