UK-based Malawians urged to support govt efforts: Diplomat Kalichero hails Mahecas charity

Diaspora Malawians in the UK have been urged to help the needy back home through acts of charity and benevolence. The goodwill duty-call was made Saturday night at Village Hotel in Leeds, Northern England, by Malawi’s deputy High Commissioner to the UK, Quent Kalichero during a fundraising Dinner and Dance organised by Malawi Healthcare Support UK  (Mahecas), […]

Malawi diplomats finally deployed: PAC approves new names

Several High Commissioners and ambassadors appointed seven months ago by President Peter Mutharika have now been posted to their tour of duty. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation spokesperson Quent Kalichero has said most of the appointees who have already left include Chimango Chirwa who is Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union (AU), […]

Spain gives Malawi K2.1 billion for social services

Spain will give Malawi a grant of $5 million (about K2 billion) to enable the country expand the frontiers of social services and the reach of the sanitation circle. Foreign Affairs spokesperson Quent Kalichero said in New York on Wednesday that the grant will be given under a memorandum of understand that the two governments […]

Kosovo, Kazakhstan court Malawi

President Peter Mutharika has accepted expressions of interest from Kosovo and Kazakhstan to open and forge diplomatic relations with Malawi and work is underway to actualize the contacts. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Quent Kalichero said in an interview in New York, USA on Tuesday that Mutharika granted the two young European countries’ interests upon […]

Malawi evicts UN local staff from houses

[highlight style=’pear-green’] Expatriates to stay on … [/highlight] Malawi has ordered local staff for the United Nations (UN) agencies in the country to vacate from government houses with immediate effect so that they can  be occupied by senior government officials, but in a dramatic twist of turn, all UN foreign contingents occupying the houses will stay […]

Malawi accepts Zuma’s apology over insulting remarks

Malawi government has accepted an apology from South African government over President Jacob Zuma’s disparaging remarks about the country. Zuma sparked controversy on Tuesday with disparaging remarks about Malawi and Africa generally when discussing South Africa’s road infrastructure, he said: “We can’t think like Africans in Africa generally. We’re in Johannesburg. This is Johannesburg. This […]