President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday attended the opening of this year’s 74th United Nations General Assembly (Unga) general debate in New York, United States of America (USA). UN General Assembly opened with the theme of “Galvanizing multilateral efforts for poverty eradication, quality education, climate action and inclusion.” Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, president of the 74th session of […]
President Peter Mutharika and ministers that have accompanied him to this year’s United Nations General Assembly in New York have a busy schedule consisting of various high level meetings. Addressing the General Assembly aside, Mutharika is also expected to attend the opening of the Climate Action Summit. This summit is a UN Secretary General led […]
The United Nations is on Monday expected to give Malawi an award for the outstanding work and contribution the country is making in achieving the Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) related Sustainable Development Goals. The country will receive the United Nations Interagency Task Force for the Prevention and Control of NonCommunicable Diseases Award through the Ministry […]
President Peter Mutharika and his lean entrouge has arrived in New York, United States of America for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Mutharika, who left for New York on Wednesday through Kamuzu International Airport, was welcomed by Malawi’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Perks Master Ligoya, State House […]
President Peter Mutharika has left the country Wednesday afternoon for the UN General Assembly in New York, United States of America, leaving behind a spate of natiownde protests and a political whirlwind as human rights groups and opposition call for the resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah, who is implicated in allegations […]
President Peter Mutharika is this Wednesday expected to leave the country for New York in US where he will attend tthe 74th meeting of the United Nations general assembly. Mutharika is due to participate in the General Assembly and related global meetings in New York from September 23 to 26. He leaves behind a fierce […]
State House says it is in the dark on whether President Peter Mutharika would attend this year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, in the United States of America (USA) amid political impasse as a result of the disputed May 21 polls. This has prompted a political and social commentator to suggest that […]
President Peter Mutharika is set to cancel his attendance to this year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in the United States of America (USA) amid political tension as a result of the disputed May 21 polls. Security sources are said to have advised Mutharika ‘not to leave the country’ anytime soon as tension is still […]
United Nations officials in the country are warning Malawians over bogus job offers in various social media platforms, saying they are fake. In a statement, UN Malawi says there is an ongoing fake recruitment process in the name of Committee, Social and Cultural Rights (CESR) under the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSIC). “In […]
United Nations (UN) has demanded the release of human rights activists, Reverend McDonald Sembereka and Gift Trapence of the Centre for the Development of People (Cedep), who were arrested on allegation of defrauding K7.4million of UNAids funds. The two activist remanded at Mauwa Prison in Lilongwe are accused of operating an organisation, Mango Key, which […]
The Association for People with Albinism in Malawi (APAM) is among many organisations, government departments and agencies that have not submitted requests for their tranches of funds from the K250 million which government reportedly released to finance the National Action Plan (NAP) on protection of people with albinism in the country. Chief Disability Awareness and […]
The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ursula Mueller on Wednesday completed her three-day visit to Malawi, during which she met with senior government officials, humanitarian and development partners, and visited some of the people affected by the recent Cyclone Idai. Mueller undertook a joint visit to Malawi with […]
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres awarded the United Nations’ highest medal for bravery on Friday to a peacekeeper from Malawi who saved a wounded comrade in the Ebola-stricken region of eastern Congo and was then killed by rebel fire. Guterres called the late Private Chancy Chitete a “true” hero, saying the world doesn’t have many of them, […]
UN and a quasi-religious organization have hailed Malawi for the peaceful poll process since Malawians cast their vote on Tuesday. UNDP resident representative in Malawi, Maria Torres, said there had been no major hiccups since the voting on Tuesday. “There has been no significant disturbances,” she said. She said it was impressive that Malawians have […]
The United Nation (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres will award the “Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage” to the late Private Chancy Chitete of Malawi during the International Day of UN Peacekeepers commemorations at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday May 24. The Diagne Medal, established in 2014 “to recognize uniformed and civilian personnel who […]
Malawi implored fellow United Nations (UN) member states to embrace social protection systems, emphasizing that these systems are effective in empowerment of women and girls to shield them against poverty and gender inequalities. Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Cecilia Chazama spoke at the 63rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) held […]
President Peter Mutharika has disclosed that the United Nations (UN) will be sending two experts to investigate the attacks of persons with albinism (PWAs), tracing the root cause of the atrocities or markets. Mutharika made the disclosure on Thursday at Joho Primary School, Nsanama in Machinga where he visited families who were affected by the […]
The United Nations (UN) has called for peaceful and credible elections in Malawi as the country is preparing for the May 21 Tripartite Elections that will decide the democratic future of the country. The call was made by UN Emergency Relief coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock when he met President Peter Mutharika at […]