The US government says it is still immature to make a conclusive remark on whether the government is making any progress on how it is dealing with the cash scandal. The new American Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer told reporters during a cocktail in Blantyre on Thursday that the US government is currently still watching. […]
Barbara Bush, co-founder of the Global Health Corps and daughter of former U.S. president George W. Bush, during her visit to Malawi highlighted the importance of youth leadership in achieving positive change in global health. Bush was in Malawi as part of a visit to East and Southern Africa to participate in mid-year fellow retreats. […]
Former president Joyce Banda has vehemently protested against a story carried by Nyasa Times earlier that former Chief Secretary in the Office of President and Cabinet Hawa Ndilowe has been removed from her post after it was discovered that she was arranging a foreign trip to the United State of America for Banda. Banda is […]
As part of the commemoration of the Women History Month, the United States of America (USA) in Malawi has nominated Dr Jessie Kabwila, a lecturer at University of Malawi (UNIMA)’s Chancellor College for the 2014 US Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award for her activism . During the month every year, the USA Government nominates women around […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, Lazarus Chawera who is on a 15 – day visit to the United states of America, has won US investors’ hearts describing him as ‘…the most impressive individual’. Addressing his colleagues in an e-mail soon after meeting Chakwera in Washington DC, President and CEO of CFNA, John Costello last Friday […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Wednesday evening attended a prayer meeting organised by three prominent Austin Christian Churches at the Central Presbyterian Church in Texas, US. The President who gave a 20 minute talk on the development needs of Malawi and how churches and faith-based organisations (FBOs) have aided Malawi. President Banda recognized the important […]
The Malawi government has secured 20 scholarships for its youths to pursue various degree programmes in the United States of America. The scholarships, courtesy of the US embassy in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe, will cover tuition and all other basic needs for the awardees, according to the embassy’s Charge d’ Affaires Lisa Vickers. “Apart from studying, […]
President Joyce Banda has said her official visit to the United Kingdom, Botswana and the United States of America were rich in content and fruitful in result, disclosing it has earned Malawi MK37 billion to be used in various social –economic development programmes. Speaking to reporters at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Monday, President Banda […]
As the United States Peace Corps celebrates its 50th anniversary in Malawi this year it has announced a new programme that will see12 medical doctors and nurses coming to Malawi to work in the country’s colleges as well to provide care in the general hospitals. According to press release from presidential press secretary, Steven Nhlane […]
The claims by Malawi President Joyce Banda that she was the first Head of State to be invited to the White House by the United States of America (USA) President have been disputed with a record showing founding president Kamuzu Banda was the first According to official Malawi News Agency report, President Banda said at […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Easter Monday received a thunderous welcome when she jetted back into the country from United States. President Banda, who earlier visited United Kingdom and Botswana before her trip to US on invitation of President Barack Obama, arrived on a South African plane at Kamuzu International Airport conspicuously in high spirits. […]
President Joyce Banda on Saturday received 25 scholarships from Alabama State University of the United States of America that will see Malawian students studying in the US during the next four years. The scholarships the President received are additional to the three that she received from Troy University and offered to three girls who passed […]
Democracy has many advantages. Citizens enjoy many freedoms. They are free to speak, associate and worship as they please. Most importantly, as many people as possible take part in shaping the direction of their country. Nevertheless, the question still remains as to whether a dirt-poor country can transition to prosperity by simply adopting democracy. Today […]
President Joyce Banda says her four-day official visit to the United States of America (USA), coming at the back of an official visit to United Kingdom, has given her and Malawians a great exposure, adding that the country was put on the international map that will bring great economic rewards for development. Banda made the […]
US President Barack Obama held talks with Malawi President Dr Joyce Banda at the White House on Thursday and hailed the second female President in Africa for her “strong leadership’. President Banda was invited to the White House alongside President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, President Macky Sall of Senegal and Prime Minister José […]
Presidential Initiative on Safe Motherhood and Maternal Health chairperson Senior Chief Kwataine has been invited by the Newsweek Daily Beast a popular media group in the United States of America to attend to Women in the World Conference at Lincoln Centre, New York City from April 4 to 5. The summits theme is “Women in the World Stories […]
The three girls President Joyce Banda awarded to study in the United States (US) on Monday officially got their scholarships to study at Troy University in Alabama for four years. The scholarships have been made possible with the support of 100X Development Foundation – a US organization founded by one, Lindy Blanchard. Presenting the scholarships […]
The much touted meeting between Peter Mutharika, leader of Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and President Barack Obama is not clear when it will take place despite the Malawian politician already in the United States. Mutharika’s aides say he will meet Obama. Nyasa Times made attempts to independently verify the meeting with United States government. […]