Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) interim president, Professor Peter Mutharika has left the country for United States of America (USA) where he is expected to meet President Barack Obama before proceeding to United Kingdom. Mutharika left the country through Kamuzu International Airport on Friday morning in a trip described by the party as private. From USA […]
The United States has donated $75 million to Malawi to help battle HIV/Aids. The US government said in a statement made available to Nyasa Times by the United States Office of the Global Aids Coordinator (OGAC) that Malawi will use the aid for programs in 2013-14. The donation, according to the statement, came just two […]
Malawi radio stations lack diversity in programming and content, a development that renders the proliferation of radio stations somewhat meaningless. In part, this owes it to the fact that most people in charge of radio stations in Malawi cut their teeth at Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) – a state owned radio stations, which was the only radio […]
President Joyce Banda on Tuesday held an audience with United States (US )six military officers delegation at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe, focusing on peace and security in Africa. Speaking to journalists after the 45 minute discussion, head of the delegation General Carter Ham Commander US Africa Command said he was very happy to meet President […]
President Barack Obama rolled to re-election and a second term in the White House on Tuesday with a clear victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney launching a wild celebration among thousands of his supporters including Malawians who flooded their Facebook and Twitter accounts with their happiness. The election was too close-to call but Obama, America’s […]
Malawi’s Parliamentarian Clement Chiwaya (United Democratic Front –UDF) last week gave a stirring lecture at an American College in Michigan on the political situation in Malawi. Chiwaya spoke at Aquinas College, his alma mater, when he was asked to lecture in a political science class, PS 151: World in Crisis on “Power transitions in Africa; […]
Malawi’s President Mrs. Joyce Banda has urged western governments and organizations that want to provide aid to the African countries to listen to Africans who appreciate their unfortunate situations more than the partners and therefore their appropriate solutions. The Head of State also noted that Governments alone in development cannot achieve development for the people […]
Malawi continues to attract foreign direct investors owing to the administration of President Joyce Banda which is accommodative as well as democratic, hence creating a fertile ground for doing business. The development was revealed on Monday in an interview with President and Chief Executive Officer for Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Elizabeth Littlefield after she paid […]
“This is a good day for Malawi,” was how President Joyce Banda summed up her meeting with former US President Bill Clinton in New York on Sunday, September 23, 2012 where the two a signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on behalf and the Malawi Government and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), respectively. The signing […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda arrived in New York on Monday, at 9pm (Tuesday, 3 am Malawi time) where she is expected to make her first appearance as Head of State and present her maiden speech at the UN General Assembly. Banda will frist to the world leaders on September 26, 2012. According to State House […]
Malawi President Mrs Joyce Banda is scheduled to travel to United States of America this weekend where she has a number of official engagements including receiving awards and addressing the United Nations General Assembly. President Banda will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, September 26. This will be her first speech to world […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika (with encouragement from Robert Mugabe) was beginning to develop a policy in Malawi that was designed to free Malawi from aid dependency. It was a poorly-conceived policy, and very crudely executed, like everything under Bingu’s immediate direction, but it had the potential to free Malawi from its humiliating status as international […]
United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton might have had a tight schedule in Malawi but her first visit to the southern African nation will indubitably remain memorable to her as much as it will be historic to the country. During her six and half-hour visit, Clinton mainly undertook three engagements which included holding […]
US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday said her government was committed to continue nurturing the cordial bilateral relationship that existed between Malawi and the United States of America (USA). She was speaking at a ceremony USAID organized to welcome Clinton at the same time enable her to interact with farmers who were […]
Malawi’s Head of State Joyce Banda on Sunday held bilateral talks with the United States of America (USA) Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton at the New State House in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. This was the first visit to Malawi by a USA Secretary of State. Clinton hailed Banda for pulling her impoverished country back […]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday morning arrived in Malawi through Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe. Clinton was welcomed by Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali and a number of dignitaries. She immediately left for State House in a convoy where she is holding talks with President Mrs. Joyce Banda. Clinton arrived in […]
United States Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton will arrive in the country on Sunday 5th August. Clinton is visiting Malawi as part of her African tour that started in Senegal on Tuesday and will also take her to Uganda, Kenya and South Africa where she is expected to visit the home village of Nelson Mandela. According […]
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Malawi on August 5, 2012 which is next Sunday, on her tour of some African nations. Though the visit has not been officially announced by the US government, Malawi government official said preparations were in advanced stages for the top American official. “Malawi will host US […]