The United States of America (USA) Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer on Wednesday paid a courtesy call to Blantyre District Council saying the district needs more health and education interventions. Palmer said it is sad to learn that Blantyre has inadequate and poor health and education infrastructures to effectively and efficiently deliver services to its […]
United States (US) Amabssador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer, has said she has trust in Malawi’s mainstream news organisations and called for the media to continue putting government on its feet to ensure good governance. Palmer said the media should continue its watchdog role so that there is transparency and accountability in the management of government […]
The Embassy of the United States of America has partnered with United Village Transformation (UVT), an American NGO, to present a “Culinary Diplomacy” program highlighting the orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP). The program was led byFood Network-featured American chef Claudia Sansone and her partners Kevin Gouveia and Rebecca Gouveia. Sansone worked with four young chefs from […]
U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer has announced a new United States donation of $23million (MK17 billion) to assist Malawian people in need of humanitarian food assistance. This additional donation is in response to the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s (MVAC) report that 6.5 million Malawians need humanitarianfood assistance to alleviate suffering through March 2017. All […]
U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer has handed over a MK7 million girls’ hostel to Chadza 1 Community Day Secondary School in the area of Senior Chief Chadza in Lilongwe District. The 40 bed hostel was built with funding from the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund. Addressing the gathering at the handover ceremony held at the […]
U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer today announced a new United States donation of US$47.46million (MK35.6 billion) to Malawi to assist people in need of humanitarian food assistance. This is in response to the MalawiVulnerability Assessment Committee’s (MVAC) report that 6.5 million Malawians need humanitarianfood assistance to alleviate suffering through March 2017. One month ago […]
State grain dealer, Admarc has come under intense fire from the UN and the United States for lack of transparency. UNDP resident representative in Malawi Amakobe Sande and US ambassador to Malawi Virgnia Palmer told President Peter Mutharika in the face on Wednesday at Kamuzu Palace in Blantyre that Admarc is not open and involved […]
The US Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer says she is impressed with the national security strategy that is being implemented in trying to combat the problem of albino killings. Speaking in an interview on the sidelines when she officially opened a two day Civil Society Strengthening Conference in Lilongwe on Thursday, Palmer said although the […]
U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer has announced that three Malawians have been selected to receive prestigious Fulbright grants to pursue Master’s Degree studies in the United States starting in the 2016-17 academic year, and one Malawian will pursue a professional development program in the United States under the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program. The grants […]
United States of America has become the first country to pledge relief food to Malawi a day after President Peter Mutharika declared a state of national disaster. US ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer said on Wednesday her country will make available K38.5 billion for the relief food. However she demanded transparency and accountability from the […]
Malawi and US governments have joined hands to fight rampant drug thefts in Malawi which is costing both governments about US$11 million (over MK7 billion) per year. Speaking at Bingu International Conventional Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe alongside the launch of two campaigns to fight drug theft in the country. The Global Fund campaign, ‘I Speak […]
United States Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer has announced an additional donation of US$27 million (20 billion kwacha) of food assistance from the US Government to support vulnerable, food insecure communities in Malawi. In a media statement emailed to Nyasa Times from the US Embassy to Malawi, Palmer announced the donation following the discussions she […]
Malawi and United States have agreed to a major military cooperation which Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation George Chaponda and US Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer signed on Wednesday. Consistent with a long-standing bilateral agreement on U.S. assistance to Malawi, the new agreement provides the framework for continued military cooperation, assistance, and training […]
The United States Government and the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA – Malawi Chapter) on Friday challenged journalists in the country to come up with investigative reports on financial crimes and corruption. US Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer, and MISA – Malawi Vice Chairperson, Yvonne Sundu, made the call at the American Embassy in […]
American officials have denied participating in a plot for regime change in Malawi in reported scheme for unseating President Peter Mutharika and have leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera take over. Chakwera is said to be in state intelligence notes uncovering coup and that plotters have set June 2016 as the deadline to have President Mutharika […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika faces an overthrow threat with some opposition leaders said to be strategising on insurrection strategy, heightening political tensions as the country faces economic turmoil and hunger. Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera is said to have been in discussions how to overthrow the one and half-year […]
Unites States through its Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer has welcomed the suspension of 63 people at the Ministry of Health (MoH) on suspicion that they embezzled funds from the Centre for Disease Control (CDC). According to the ministry’s Principal Secretary Macphail Magwira, the 63 people have been sent on forced leave to pave the […]
The United States of America government through its embassy in Lilongwe has urged the Malawi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release two Malawian men, Cuthbert Kulemela, 19, and Kelvin Gonani, 39, who were arrested Lilongwe. The two men were arrested on suspicion that they were having “gay sex” act in their bedroom and charged with […]