Government says it is in talks with neighbouring countries in a bid to create more border posts in areas where there aren’t any to monitor the movement of people and combat cross border crime. Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi has confirmed this, saying there are some areas with long borders but without border posts, […]
Zambia has commissioned the export of 20 megawatts of power to Malawi at a function which took place at Mwami Boarder in Mchinji which will directly benefit Kasungu, Mchinji and part of Lilongwe. Malawi is buying power from Zambia as it is only able to produce 300 megawatts of electricity and currently has a deficit […]
Parts of Mchinji, Mzimba, Kasungu and Rumphi districts have been declared to belong to Zambia during the border re-demarcation exercise. Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Jean Kalilani told Parliament in a ministerial statement that the physical demarcation of border lines started on a pilot basis in 1993 and boundary inspections have been carried […]
Team Manager for the Malawi Under 20 Football Team currently in Zambia for Cosafa tournament, Aubrey Nankhuni, has said the ill-prepared junior flames lost to a better junior Chipolopolo but all is not lost and he hopes his charges can beat Mozambique and DRC in their next games. “We must admit that we have lost […]
Malawi Under-20 national football team which to Lusaka, Zambia to participate at the 2018 Under-20 Cosafa Championship without training camp lost to the hosts in their opening game Group A game on Sunday at Nkana Stadium in Kitwe. Football Association of Malawi (FAM) sent the team to Zambia without a training camp because it had […]
State power distributor, Escom says it will miss the November 30 deadline to tap electricity from Zambia as the country now faces for over nine hours of power black outs every day. Escom chief executive officer Alexious Chiwaya said despite the signing of the memorandum of understanding between Malawi and Zambia, there are several issues […]
A team of financially-troubled Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) officials is in South Africa for a meeting with their counterparts in Mozambique for an interconnection agreement, just days after Malawi started tapping power from Zambia. Escom chief executive officer AlexiousChiwaya said the Escom officials want to finalise the deal ahead of the power interconnection […]
Malawi is set to start getting 20 megawatts of electricity from Zambia starting this week, bringing hope that the persistent power blackouts would be minimized. Minister of Energy Aggrey Massi said on Saturday that this follows an interconnection power agreement which the governments of Malawi and Zambia signed a month ago in Lusaka. “The government […]
The provision of much-needed health care services to rural communities in Malawi and Zambia has received a valuable boost with the Ford Motor Company Fund, Ford’s philanthropic arm,awarding a $30 000 grant to the Central Africa Medical Mission (CAMM). As a non-governmental organisation (NGO), CAMM provides essential health care to over 88 000 people living in rural villages […]
Malawi Queens have been defeated by Zambia who are hosts of the African Netball Championship in Lusaka by 54-56 and will be likely displaced by Uganda in the next world ranking. The Queens who had lost their second game to Uganda and have to fulfill fixtures against Namimbia on Friday and Kenya on Saturday, narrowly […]
Malawi and Zambia have established a new border post in Mchinji to curb the number of Malawians travelling to Zambia without travel documents. The new border post has been established at Mkanda/Gubudu as immigration officials who graced the launch of the border post said at least 150 people went into Zambia without travel documents. The […]
Malawi government has finally sealed a deal with Zambia to buy 20 megawattso f electricity from Lusaka through power sharing agreement as Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) iss till failing to explain the use of the newly acquired gensets whose fuel was siphoned off in a K3 billion racket scheme. Minister of Natural Resources, Energy […]
Malawi Police say they have now engaged their counterparts in Zambia to track down a lion said to be roaming in Chitipa. Chitipa police spokesperson Gladwell Simwaka said the lion, which has since killed six cattle and wounded three people in Chitipa seems to have gone back to Zambia where it came from. “We have […]
President Peter Mutharika has assured Malawians that he will do everything possible in collaboration with his Zambian counterpart to address boundary problems between the two countries. Mutharika was speaking at Edingeni Trading Centre in Mzimba where he addressed thousands of people after condoling with members of the family of Paramount Chief Mmbelwa V for the […]
Malawi and Zambia government on Thursday sign a bilateral Memorandum of Understand (MoU) on cooperation in field of tourism at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe. Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism Henry Mussa said the MoU would enhance regional integration by the way of exploring the issue of establishing a universal. “SADC through […]
It is being suspected that some Malawians with ill intentions have created an online page that they have disguised to appear like it is a news outlet for a Zambian mainstream media house all designed to politically disgrace their own country. The online page is called ‘The Zambia Daily’ and its administrators target news from […]
Malawi and Zambia government officials on Friday engaged in a blame game on who was promoting intermarriages of girls below the age of 18 years. The finger-pointing ensued during an interdepartmental meeting between officials from the two districts of Isoka in Zambia and Chitipa in Malawi. Chitipa first grade magistrate Billy Ngosi sparked the discussion […]
Malawi Under 20 National Football Team on Friday missed the opportunity of topping Group A at the ongoing Cosafa Youth Championship in Zambia after they were held to a barren draw by the champions host country. This was the team’s second game at this year’s tournament. They registered a 3-2 win over Swaziland in their opening match played on […]