The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) executive members Wednesday asked all political parties in the country to practice violence free and issue-based campaign in preparation for the July 2, 2020 fresh presidential election. Speaking in Mzuzu during an interactive meeting with the party’s districts’ and constituencies’ officials drawn from northern region, DPP’s Secretary General, Greselder […]
The Northern Region Football Association(NRFA) continues to be at the centre of controversy in their way of running the second tier league in the northern region. Latest development from NRFA is that Kawalazi Football Club and Nthalire United have been chopped from the list of teams to take part in the 2020 season of the […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has justified President Peter Mutharika’s failure to visit the northern region for a year, saying it was for security reasons. DPP regional governor for the north Christopher Mzomera Ngwira said this during a parade the party organised in the region ahead of a mega political rally on Saturday. “We advised […]
Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara has said people of the northern must not be treated as “second-rate citizens” as is the case now under the government of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Gotani Hara was speaking during the political campaign rally for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera ahead of July 2 fresh […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga has asked the ] President Peter Mutharika to visit the northern region, saying he is the President of all Malawians hence people from the north deserves his visit. Quoted in his speech on Tuesday, 5th May, 2020 during elevation ceremony of Traditional Authority (T/A) Nthalire to Senior Chief in Chitipa […]
A first case of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic patient in the northern region has been recorded in border district of Karonga, Minister of Health Jappie Mhango has confirmed. Mhango said on Sunday from northern city of Mzuzu that a 27 year-old man who had travelled to Tanzania has tested positive of Covid-19. The minister said the […]
Health officials in the northern region are asking for a coronavirus testing facility to boost national efforts to combat the virus pandemic. Mzimba North acting director of health and social services Naomi Mulwafu said the northern region needs its own testing centre if they are to contain the outbreak. She said whenever there is a […]
At least 12 suspects have been arrested in connection to the brutal murder of three people believed to be blood suckers in Mzimba and Chitipa districts on the northern part of Malawi. According to National Police Spokesperson, James Kadadzera, one person was killed in Mzimba and the other two lost their lives in Chitipa following […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has cancelled its scheduled anti-Constitutional Court judges protest march in Mzuzu today, Friday. Party regional governor for the north Kenneth Sanga said the protest march has been cancelled in the anti-DPP region because some cabinet ministers currently attending a meeting of parliament in Lilongwe asked for the cancellation to […]
Thousands of people in the northern region Monday night celebrated the constitutional court verdict on the 2019 presidential election case which decreed that fresh elections be held in the next 150 days, making the southern African nation only the second on the continent since Kenya in 2017 to order a rerun of a national vote. […]
Fed up with playing second fiddle in the Malawi political leadership space, the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia has says it is putting forward a proposal for the adoption of a rotational presidency in the country. In the 56-years since Malawi’s independence in 1964, no person from the Northern Region has led the country compared to […]
Chief presidential political advisor Francis Mphepo has come under intense fire for saying that governmentt will withdraw all development projects in the north because northerners are ungrateful. President Mutharika has not visited the region on his usual ‘thank you’, rallies since the highly disputed May 21 elections. In a clip circulating in various social media […]
Karonga Nyungwe Member of Parliament (MP), Kenneth Ndovie, has officially announced he has joined the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Ndovie, who won on independent ticket, made the announcement at a rally the party’s National Director of Logistics, Symon Vuwa Kaunda organised in Karonga on Tuesday. The Karonga Nyungwe legislator told reporters that his constituents […]
Decent and Housing Subsidy Programme (DAHSP) regional coordinator for North, Aaron Mbubzi has expressed dissatisfaction over loan repayment for the programme, popularly known as Malata and Cement Subsidy. He said out of seven administrative districts in the region, Karonga is the only district doing well in the repayment process, with over 50 per cent of […]
A powerful Ngoni chief Inkosi ya Makhosi M’mbelwa V has accused the dEMOCRatic Progressive Party (DPP) led government of abandoning development projects in the north. The Ngoni Paramount Chief said this on Tuesday during a Mothers’ Day cultural event at Edingeni in Mzimba. “The government needs to find money to resume these peojects because opponents […]
A movement which was formed to fight the quota system of selecting students into public schools and universities is now split, with the splinter group planning to shut down secondary schools. This is barely one month since the formation of the northern region based Anti-Quota System Movement and just a week after it organised poorly […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the north is in disarray and party supporters are already asking the regional governor and other officials to step down to pave way for fresh regional elections. According to some party officials who asked for anonymity, the ruling party had disastrous results during the May 21 tripartite elections because […]
Northern Region was on standstill on Thursday as people went to the streets to hold demonstrations against the quota system of selecting learners to public schools and they have demanded the government to abolish the system. The anti-Quota protesters feel the system was put in place to oppress people in the North and some are sayin it […]