Government says for now it can not repatriate Malawian students stranded in China due to Covid-19 restrictions, saying it does not have the resources to secure air tickets for all the students. However, the government has resolved to provide K118 million for their upkeep allowances and targets both self-sponsored and government sponsored students, 290 in […]
Malawi and Tanzania talks over the dispute of Lake Malawi have stalled for two years now as the two border countries awaits the mediation team headed by Mozambique former president Joachim Chissano to set the date. Spokesperson for the ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Rejoice Chaponda Shumba said the two countries are just […]
Government has laid off 123 foreign staff working in Malawi foreign missions abroad, Foreign affairs officials have confirmed. Rejoice Shumba, spokesperson for the ministry of Foreign Affairs said the retrenchment of the non Malawin staff would enable the government save up to K300 million a month. “The retrenchment process started in January and will end […]
A trip to Zambia on Sunday by the parliamentary inquiry on maizegate hangs in limbo as the Foreign Affairs ministry is yet to clear the investigating mission. Chairman of the inquiry Joseph Chidanti Malunga said on Friday afternoon the clearance letter had not yet arrived. “We are just a few hours before we finish the […]
Officials from the ministry of Foreign Affairs say they are alarmed with the increasing spate of killings and burning of Malawian trucks in Mozambique and would engage their counterparts in the sea port country. Spokesperson for the ministry Rejoice Shumba said the trend was worrying and the government of Malawi wants to find out from […]