The ever buoyant Malawian President Joyce Banda on Thursday told her people time has come for the country to pull through and gleam after years of sailing in rough tides. Banda, who is this week celebrating 100 days of her presidency, was speaking in the outskirts of the capital Lilongwe when she officially launched the […]
United States of America(U.S,A) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has hailed democratic reforms put in place by Malawi’s news President Joyce Banda and pledged U.S support to the impoverished southern African country. In a statement issued by U.S State Department , Clinton said on behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, […]
Malawi’s Head of State Mrs. Joyce Banda has hailed the Board of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCC) of the United States Government for its unanimous decision on Thursday to lift the suspension of the Malawi Compact. “The Chief Executive Officer of the MCC Mr. Daniel Yohannes called me last night immediately after the Board concluded […]
The United States has restored a $350 million aid programme to overhaul Malawi’s decrepit electricity grid in recognition of the “sound economic policy” introduced since the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika in April. The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) froze the donor agreement in July last year after 20 anti-Mutharika protesters were killed in […]
Malawi’s new President Mrs Joyce Banda has justified her frequent international official trips . Opposition in parliament accused President Banda of travelling too much at the expense of tax payers. Banda old journalists during a media briefing Thursday at Chileka Airport on her return from an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK) and the […]
Malawi President Mrs. Joyce Banda arrived in Washington DC, USA, on Friday at 13.00 hrs (08.00am hrs Malawi local time) from London, Britain. The President who was accompanied by the First Gentleman retired Chief Justice Richard Banda was in flight number BA217. On arrival she was welcomed by US ambassador to Malawi Jeanine Jackson, Malawi’s […]
President Joyce Banda on Sunday afternoon left Malawi for the United Kingdom enroute to the United States of America where she is set to perform a number of official assignments including meeting Malawians . The President’s visit to the UK comes barely eight weeks after the two countries restored relationship that was strained by the […]
Pressure seems to mount on Malawi to shut out embattled Sudanese President Al Bashir during the AU summit to be held in Malawi in July with the latest call coming from Botswana. Botswana’s no nonsense President Lieutenant General Seretse Ian Khama has made an impassioned plea to the Malawi government not to allow President Al […]
The United States commends the bold actions taken by Malawi’s President Joyce Banda since her inauguration last month. In a statement issued by acting spokesperson for US State Department, Mark C. Toner, the Obama administration said President Banda in her State of the Nation address “articulated a positive vision for Malawi’s future.” “Fulfilling this vision would […]
Malawi leader Mrs. Joyce Banda has appealed to world’s top eight richest countries, otherwise known as Group of 8 (G8) industrial nations, currently meeting in United States of America (USA), to help cure the country’s ailing economywith massive investment in a bid to accelerate recovery. Speaking in an exclusive interview which Nyasa Times monitored on BBC radio hours before […]
Two senior United States of America (USA) Senators on Thursday paid a courtesy call on President Joyce Banda at her official Lilongwe State Lodge in the Capital City, pledging their support in the re-establishment of close ties between Malawi and the US. Michael Enzi, Wyoming Republican Senator and Kent Conrad of North Dakota met President […]
The United States government has commended Malawi for its work in carrying out Family planning services. USAID Malawi Director Doug Arbuckle said at the opening of a two day national leaders conference currently underway at the Cross Roads Hotel in Lilongwe. In his speech, Arbuckle said: “to slow population growth, Malawi has demonstrated its commitment […]
President Joyce Banda has said she has received assurances from international development partners that they remain committed to the people of Malawi and that they will be in discussion with her government on the support to Malawi’s economic recovery and development plans. Addressing journalists at her official Area 12 residence in the capital City, Lilongwe […]
The United States said Malawi’s vice president should take charge soon following the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, voicing concern over the delay in succession. “Malawi’s constitution lays out a clear path for succession and we expect it to be observed,” Johnnie Carson, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, said in a […]
The United States says Malawi government will affect its chances to get back to the US$ 350.7 million worth of assistance meant to revitalise the country’s faltering energy sector if it will hosts fugitive Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir at the June’s Africa Union summit. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. aid agency that rewards […]
Malawi Leader of Opposition, John Tembo, has demanded President Bingu wa Mutharika to change from being an autocrat to allow democracy and good governance or consider to step down. Tembo was reacting to an announcement by United States government that it has suspended $350 million allocated to Malawi through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The […]
It is official. The USA government has finally suspended the US$350 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) investment for Malawi sighting the impudence over last year’s visit of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, recent arrests of opposition and human rights leaders and inflammatory rhetoric by senior government officials as some of the major reasons for the suspension. […]
The US embassy in Malawi has announced that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) board meets this Thursday March 22 2012 in Washington to decide on the way forward for the Malawi Compact. Thus, the meeting this Thursday in Washington DC; is crucial for Malawi to know its future as regards this essential grant at the […]