Tag: Malawi
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More than 20 missing in Malawi after hippo attack
More than 20 individuals are unaccounted for in Malawi following a canoe accident on the Shire River in the southern Nsanje region.The canoe,...
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Schools in Malawi ordered to allow use of dreadlocks
A Malawian high court has ruled that students with dreadlocks be admitted to public schools across the country.The court, which was sitting in the...
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Malawi: 17, including 3 children missing in boat tragedy
Three children are among the seventeen persons still unaccounted for after the boat they were traveling in crashed in a river in central Malawi...
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Uladi Mussa pardoned by President Chakwera after 3 years in prison
A former cabinet minister who was serving a five-year sentence after being found guilty of abusing his position has been pardoned by Malawi President...
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Over 500 dead due to Cyclone Freddy attack
According to authorities in Malawi, Mozambique, and Madagascar, the number of fatalities caused by the unusually long-lasting Tropical Storm Freddy in southeast Africa has...
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Rescuers comb rubble for Malawi cyclone victims
Rescuers raced to find survivors in Malawi's damaged city of Blantyre on Wednesday after Cyclone Freddy blasted southern Africa for a second time, causing...
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Protesting Lawmakers from Malawi dress in gunny sacks
A group of MPs in Malawi have dressed in clothes made out of gunny sacks, mostly used to carry vegetables, to protest against President...
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Thugs attack Malawian student who created WiFi device
Stuward Nankhumwa, a 17-year-old Malawian student who developed a WiFi device, was on February 6, attacked by armed men at his home.Recounting the incident,...
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Cholera kills over 1,200 in Malawi, WHO urges strong interventions
Malawi's deadliest cholera outbreak has killed at least 1,210 people, the World Health Organization announced Thursday (Feb. 09), urging for strong interventions to prevent...
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Malawi State fails in attempt to fire anti-corruption chief
The government's attempt to have Martha Chizuma, the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), reinstated was rejected by a high court in Malawi.Ms. Chizuma...