Malawi warns its citizens bound for Qater of tobacco products ban

Malawi government has warned its citizens bound for Qatar to refrain from bringing tobacco products there that the the country has banned entry of a number of tobacco products and its derivatives into its territories. Government gave the warning through a media statement seen by Nyasa Times on Friday signed by Secretary for the Ministry of […]

Migrant workers abused in Qatar as Malawi recruit job seekers

Malawians being recruited to work as cleaners and taxi drivers in the Middle Eastern Country of Qatar and United Arab Emirates (UAE) risk of being abused and exploited there, if the findings of the Amnesty International are anything to go by. The Amnesty has issued a report revealing, among others, abuse of migrant workers in […]

Malawi inviting airline business: Qatar, Emirates show interest

Malawi government is inviting some airline business into the country after clearance by the Organisation of Civil Aviation, declaring Kamuzu International Airport in the capital Lilongwe fit for all types of aircrafts following the fixing of some of the essential facilities at the airport, Minister of Transport, Public Works and Infrastructure, Sidik Mia, confirmed there […]

Qatar foreign minister calls on Malawi leader

Malawi President Joyce Banda on Wednesday met the Qatari Foreign Affairs Minister Sheik Adbdulrahman Bin Saud Al Thani where they held bilateral talks. The President met the Qatari Foreign Minister behind closed doors at her official Lilongwe State Lodge in the Capital City. Speaking to members of the press that had gathered outside the State Lodge, Sheik […]