Malawi’s Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Dr Ben Malunga Phiri, has issued a stark warning over the dangers of the country’s motorcycle taxi industry, urging kabaza operators to take a leaf out of Rwanda’s book, where strict government regulations have forced riders to adhere to strict safety and order standards. Dr Phiri delivered […]
Write open letter to President Chakwera appealing for consideration Rwandan nationals living in Malawi have written President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, appealing for his intervention in addressing the plight of the refugees who have been ordered to close their small income generating activities and return to the refugee camp. Trading under the banner of Rwanda Bridge […]
Rwandan Diaspora Association in Malawi has on Friday donated blood to the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS) following reports that the country’s blood bank has depleted to almost 50 percent. MBTS needs 120 000 units of blood in a year to meet national demand. Rwanda Diaspora Association vice chairman Janvier Ngoga said they will continue […]
Rwandan President Paul Kagame is due to arrive in Malawi on August 11 2020 for a two-day official visit in what would be viewed as a show of confidence from international leaders, Nyasa Times has learnt. According to an officials at Foreign Affairs ministry, President Lazarus Chakwera and First Lady Monica Chakwera will host the […]
While many Malawian business communities were helping their people, including those being hosted from other countries, with funds to effectively tackle the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, a select group of Rwandan immigrants in Malawi mobilized themselves to assist their compatriots. Their action has raised eyebrows that the Rwandan immigrants have preferred to help their […]
A Rwandan woman has been slapped with three years imprisonment with hard labour sentence for deliberately causing wounds on her two stepchildren. The First Grade Magistrate’s Court in Lilongwe on Monday sentenced the 25 – year- old Slivia Mukunoheri to three years imprisonment for causing bodily harm to her two Malawian stepchildren. Police prosecutor, Abigail […]
Lingadzi police station is keeping in custody a 28 year old Rwandese woman Slivia Mukunoheri for allegedly abusing her two step children by making them crawl on a hard concrete surface. This occurred on Tuesday in Area 49 at Gulliver, in the capital city. Police at Lingadzi said some well wishers informed police that in […]
Wisely Phiri, group managing director and founder of Malawi’s information and communications and technology (ICT) company, SPARC Systems Limited, will be amongst high profile professionals on Thursday, October 28, who will deliver public lectures at Carnegie Mellon University Africa (CMU-Africa) that has been built in Kigali, Rwanda and was inaugurated by President Paul Kagame last […]
Malawi and Rwanda are both small landlocked countries in Africa. But unlike Malawi, which has not known war over decades—and which proudly and perhaps deservedly giving itself the accolade warm heart of Africa—Rwanda has a deeply troubled past. In just over 100 days between April and July, 1994, Rwanda went through one of the most […]
A Malawian is said to be among a group of RNC combatants arrested in Democratic Republic of Congo and were arraigned in Rwandese military court on Wednesday. Rwanda’s The NewTimes newspaper says four Burundians and three Ugandans are also among the 25 Rwanda National Congress (RNC) rebel group members captured and arraigned in the court. […]
Government says it is in talks with Burundi and Rwanda administrations to convince their citizens living in this country as refugees to voluntarily return to their own countries. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Homeland Security Samuel Madula says there was now peace in Burundi and Rwanda therefore there was need for the Rwandans and […]
Rwandan High Commissioner Monique Mukaruliza has described tolerance as an ingredient to development in a country, saying Malawians should guard against ethnic and tribal divisions, as they can plunge the country into a war similar to genocide what Rwandans experienced in 1994. The envoy said this on Saturday in Lilongwe during the commemoration of the […]
Rwandans living in Malawi will on Friday celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Rwanda’s Liberation Day know as Kwibohora25 which is a reminder on how far Rwanda has come since the heroic stopping of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi and the country’s total liberation on 4th July 1994 by the men and women organised under the […]
Rwandan community living in Malawi for the first time since the occurrence of the genocide that wiped out over a million Tutsis in 1994, commemorated the international day of reflection at the Bingu International Convention Center in Lilongwe recently. The commemoration, dubbed Kwibuka25 a Kinyarwanda phrase which translates to the 25th remembrance of the 1994 […]
The Zambian and Rwanda governments have provided assorted humanitarian assistance to Malawi Government to mitigate the effects of flooding and tropical cyclone Idai. Zambia assistance is valued at US$580 000 and includes maize flour, kitchen utensils, clothes, buckets and medical suppliers among others. While Rwanda on Thursday remitted US$200 000 to Malawi. Minister in the […]
Malawi government has extradited convicted businessperson and Rwandan fugitive Vincent Murekezi to his native land. The Rwandan is wanted to serve jail sentence for the role he played in the bloody 1994 genocide for which he was tried in absentia and sentenced to life imprisonment. He fled to Malawi in 2003. An application to have […]
Malawian Vice-President Saulos Chilima is scheduled to leave the country on Saturday for Kigali, Rwanda where he will be one of the key speakers at the African Economic Conference (AEC). The conference will be held from 3-5 December 2018 under the theme: Regional and Continental Integration for Africa’s Development. The conference, which is held annually, convenes key […]
Malawi hip hop artist and youth activist, Third Eye and accomplished musician Lulu have been enlisted to the headline roster for the Rwandan Music Festival. The festival in its 8th edition dubbed Kigali Up is set for the 26-28th of July at the Amohoro stadium grounds. The two will represent the Malawian flag at the festival sharing […]