A security studies lecturer at Mzuzu University has backed the decision by President Peter Mutharika to fire Malawi Defence Force (MDF) commander General Griffin Spoon Phiri who has now been appointed national security adviser. Eugene Njoloma said problems were brewing at the army barracks as soldiers were not happy with the leadership of Supuni Phiri. […]
President Peter Mutharika has changed the leadership of the Malawi Defense Force with immediate effect. Mutharika has appointed Lieutenant General Vincent Nundwe to be the Commander of the Malawi Defense Force and reassigned General Supuni Phiri to become National Security Advisor just days after junior officers at the barracks asked him to resign. There has […]
A family of a Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier who was killed in 2015 in the Republic of Congo has faulted the MDF for delays in giving out compensation to the family. Daughter to the slain soldier Anne Mayao said the family has been reminding MDF since their father, Dyson Mayao was killed for compensation […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers working on Tsangano-Neno-Mwanza road are demanding allowances for working on the road. Some of the soldiers say they have been working on the road for many months without the agreed allowances. There are 47 soldiers’ engineers working on the road. The soldiers said each one of them was supposed to […]
Department of Forestry says it will renew its agreement with the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) to continue protecting the country’s forests from wanton cutting of trees. Forestry department spokesperson Sangwani Phiri said since the MDF solders moved out of the forests in Nyika, Dzalanyama and Mulanje, among others, the forests are being depleted of trees […]
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres awarded the United Nations’ highest medal for bravery on Friday to a peacekeeper from Malawi who saved a wounded comrade in the Ebola-stricken region of eastern Congo and was then killed by rebel fire. Guterres called the late Private Chancy Chitete a “true” hero, saying the world doesn’t have many of them, […]
United Nations is today honouring a brave Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier who was killed while saving the life of a Tanzanian soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo. MDF spokesperson Paul Chiphwanya said the ceremony to honour private Chancy Chitete with a medal was underway in New York, US. “The UN is honouring private […]
The United Nation (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres will award the “Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage” to the late Private Chancy Chitete of Malawi during the International Day of UN Peacekeepers commemorations at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday May 24. The Diagne Medal, established in 2014 “to recognize uniformed and civilian personnel who […]
There is tension building up in the shore district of Karonga following a fracas that occurred Saturday night in which deployed Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers almost opened fire at some civilians and some men donning Malawi police uniform who claimed wanted to verify the authenticity of ballot papers that had just arrived. Nyasa Times has […]
Zomba-based military Premier League side, Red Lions, has expressed ignorance on reports by an official of Kamuzu Barracks that their mid field maestro Chikoti Chirwa has been transferred to Kamuzu Barracks. Last week, an official of Kamuzu Barracks told the media that the Malawi Defence Force Headquarters in Lilongwe had issued a transfer for the […]
Former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara is calling for an investigations on claims made by Vice President Saulos Chilima on how a contractor who bid US$105 for the construction of a military hospital has been left out by the government in favour of a bidder of US$206 million. Chilima, who is also UTM Party […]
A military court case involving 21 Malawi Defense Force (MDF) soldiers and one officer in connection with the killing of six of their colleagues in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last year adjourned for Easter on Thursday. The officer was leading a group of about 135 soldiers that was part of a force that […]
Some 21 Malawi Defense Force (MDF) soldiers and one officer start appearing a military court marshal Thursday following the killing of six Malawian troops by rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last year. Two soldiers are still missing. MDF spokesperson Paul Chiphwanya confirmed the trial of the soldiers but he declined to give details, […]
The Chinese Government has donated 10 desktop computers to the Ministry of Defense to enable the ministry address information community and technology (ICT) deficiencies in storing and accessing emerging issues defence and security. The Chinese Ambassador to Malawi, Liu Hongyang, handed over the computers through Deputy Minister of Defense Amosi Mailosi at Capital Hill on […]
Malawi Police Services (MPS) and Malawi Defence Force (MDF) have been figured as the biggest culprit in the fuel abuse following Auditor General’s audits covering 2014 and 2018, according to published analysis. The leading daily, The Nation made its analysis on the audits and established that government spent K4.4 billion on fuel and allowances for trips […]
The 2019 Marine Rescue Teams in the Lower Shire have taken a swipe at their employer ‘ the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) – for paying them field allowances instead of subsistence allowances. The team argues that the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) had budgeted for subsistence allowance, which is higher than field allowance. “The […]
President Peter Mutharika has consoled families of two Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers who died while working on abridge across Bua River in Kasungu on Monday. Four soldiers and two civilians were swept away by running water at Bua Bridge, which borders Ntchisi and Kasungu districts, while four others sustained serious injuries when it collapsed […]
One Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier died on Monday while three other military officer and two civilians are missing in Bua River after a bailyey bridge which borders Ntchisi and Kasungu districts they were working on collapsed into the water on Sunday. The soldiers are reported to have been working without protective gear like life […]