The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM), Dr George Partridge, has described non-bank financial institutions as a crucial pillar of economic growth, urging greater regional cooperation to strengthen regulation and protect savers across Southern Africa. Speaking at the opening of the 49th Annual General Meeting of the Committee of Insurance, Securities and Non-Banking […]
Malawi’s Second Vice President Enock Kamzingeni Chihana was given a full ceremonial send-off on Tuesday, as he departed King Shaka International Airport in Durban following a successful stint leading the nation’s high-level delegation at the 46th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit. Chihana had been personally handpicked by President Arthur Peter Mutharika to represent […]
Praise heaped on Malawi leader in Durban handover speech — as Second VP Chihana stands in for Mutharika at high-stakes summit Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has showered praise on Malawi’s President Arthur Peter Mutharika, hailing his unwavering dedication to promoting peace and security across the region during his tenure at the helm of the SADC […]
Malawi’s Second Vice-President Enock Chihana issued a rallying call to Southern African leaders today, urging them to tackle the region’s mounting security crises with “openness, mutual respect and a shared sense of purpose.” Addressing the high-powered SADC Organ Troika Summit on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation in Durban, South Africa, Chihana insisted the regional bloc […]
Second Vice President Enock Kamzingeni Chihana touched down in Durban, South Africa on Saturday evening, thrust into a whirlwind of high-level diplomacy as he prepares to represent Malawi at one of the region’s most important gatherings. Chihana was given a warm welcome at King Shaka International Airport around 6pm, greeted by Malawi’s High Commissioner to […]
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika, who chairs the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, has called for calm and tolerance ahead of Zambia’s general elections scheduled for 13 August. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Mutharika said the vote — the only general election taking place in the SADC region […]
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika will not attend the 46th SADC Summit of Heads of State in Durban, with Second Vice-President Enoch Chihana instead representing the country at the key regional gathering, the Foreign Affairs Minister has confirmed. George Chaponda confirmed the arrangement when asked who would be attending the summit on the President’s behalf. “Yes, […]
Senior officials from Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states are holding a preliminary meeting in Salima ahead of the 28th SADC Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation. Speaking at the opening of the meeting on Monday, Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chancy Simwaka […]
Predident Peter Mutharika handed his long-overlooked Second Vice President Enoch Chihana a moment in the sun yesterday — tasking him with opening one of southern Africa’s most powerful summits. For a man who has repeatedly been passed over on matters of protocol, it was a significant and telling choice. Chihana stepped confidently into the spotlight […]
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera says Malawi is ready to host the forthcoming Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) extraordinary meeting scheduled to take place in August, this year. The President was speaking at a press briefing at Maputo International Airport in Mozambique on Thursday before departure for Malawi after attending the Extraordinary Double Troika Summit on to […]
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika heads of state summit which Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera attended on Thursday in Maputo said the acts of terrorism perpetrated against innocent civilians in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, could not be allowed to continue without a proportionate regional response. Since 2017, an Islamist insurgency has raged in Mozambique’s oil-rich Cabo Delgado […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has left Lilongwe for Maputo for the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) Extraordinary Double Troika Summit which seeks to find a lasting solution to the Islamic insurgency in Mozambique. Speaking on departure at the Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe on Thursday morning, Chakwera said Malawi, as a neighbour to Mozambique, has an obligation to […]
President Lazarus Chakwera leaves for Mozambique this morning to attend a Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) Double Troika Summit which will discuss the Islamic insurgency in northern Mozambique. President Phillipe Nyuse of Mozambique has however ruled out allowing foreign troops in his country to fight the terrorists. He says what is important is to strengthen […]
President Lazarus Chakwera is scheduled to travel to Maputo, Mozambique where the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders that make up the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation on Thursday, 8 April 2021 will hold a meeting in Maputo to explore avenues of putting an end to the terrorist attacks that have rocked Mozambique’s Cabo […]
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Monday visited Malawi and held bilateral talks with President Lazarus Chakwera to solicit support for Botswana’s candidate Elias Magosi for the position of executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and have agreed to strengthen their diplomatic arrangements by supporting each other SADC positions during the forthcoming meetings. […]
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi is expected to pay a working visit to Malawi next Monday and will becomes the first foreign President to visit Malawi since President Lazarus Chakwera came to power following the June 23 2020 court-sanctioned fresh presidential election. Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement dated March 5 2021, during the working […]
National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Trust through its Sadc Regional Integration Project has started engaging the media to popularize regional integration and its protocols to the public as Malawi is preparing to assume the chairmanship of the regional bloc. Nice/Sadc Regional Integration Project Coordinator, Enock Chinkhuntha said this in Lilongwe on Friday during an […]
While a regional military response to the insurgency in Cabo Delgado must be welcomed and commended, the deployment of SADC troops alone will have limited consequences in eliminating the risk of conflicts in other parts of the region. SADC is now in a race against time because any delay in organizing a robust and effective […]